| 单词 | steam |
| 例句 | “Time to eat,” Auntie An-mei happily announces, bringing out a steaming pot of the wonton she was just wrapping. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She stayed there, unmoving, while the steam rattled the lid on the soup pot up and down, up and down. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z All Dell really knew with certainty was that now someone was steaming mounds of spinach in a kitchen that had never under his watch seen a vegetable in its raw form. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Steam lines had broken, and the steam was hissing out Heat from the fire washed over us. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the Abnegation puts a cup of steaming liquid under my nose and says, “Drink this. It will help you sleep as it helped some of the others sleep. No dreams.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “It was hard to think. It was hard not to let off steam. It was hard not to overindulge in all the natural activities of life.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In our antibiotic era, how can we imagine what it means to have entire ways of life hiss away like steam? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They ate a dinner of hamburgers and steamed asparagus in the Wells family backyard. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z It burst in a geyser of steaming yellow slime, and the drakon dissolved into nothing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Suheyla looked back down at the teapot she was filling with steaming water from the kettle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Filled with kerosene fuel now, plus the super-cool liquid oxygen and hydrogen, it was steaming in the sunshine. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the boilers reached suitable pressure, Rice nodded to an engineer in the pit under the wheel, and steam whooshed into the pistons of its twin thousand-horsepower engines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He took his time filling the mug with steaming tea. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They were pale and slender-stemmed, of a type I had seen before, steaming in a red wine sauce that smelled of coriander and rue. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “As promised, nectar of the gods,” he says, placing the two steaming mugs on a table. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Mom and Connor are in the corner, waiting as steam rises from the waffle iron. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They were excitedly pointing here and there, calling out to one another to try this, sample that, look at this unusual color, see how that one steams in its dish just so. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He eases the bag open, its paper corners crinkling, steam bursting through the ripped opening. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I can see why a guy might get steamed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A second cup was produced and filled, steaming. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s easy to pick out where the wealthy sectors border the poorest ones—where the steady light from electricity gives way to flickering lanterns, bonfires, and steam power plants. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He poured steaming liquid into the mugs that Nali had brought out. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She was standing beside a steaming pot on a grimy black stove, and was fiddling around with the shelf of squalid-looking pots and pans above it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Her chalice splashed steaming acid all over the floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Nina stood in front of her, holding out a steaming cup. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z There should’ve been steam coming out of her ears and nose like a pressure cooker. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z George stared at that light, afraid that if he even blinked it would disappear, but soon he could see the outline of a gigantic ship steaming toward them. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z The fog was dense, like steam from the bowels of the earth. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z And still more water poured in, until at last Isengard looked like a huge flat saucepan, all steaming and bubbling.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Ma had pots to mend, so she kept to the brick oven out behind the barn, heating up metal scraps to melting so she could build little dams out of that steaming hot liquid. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Something with ground chicken, something steaming hot that splashes on my fingers and makes me yelp. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It steamed in the cold, and the droplets seemed red as fire where they touched the snow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On Monday, the day I'm supposed to talk to the detectives, I'm crying out of nowhere, hunched over my bed as the iron in my hand spits out steam. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I had worked my first steam tables acting as rigid as that server was hostile. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The old woman poured steaming water from the kettle over a few pinches of blue vervain and chamomile, then put the mug of herbal tea into Claire’s hands. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It is a source that historians of the steam engine have overlooked because it does not discuss steam engines. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the women’s hamam, shapes moved about in the steam around Mariam, a glimpse of a hip here, the contour of a shoulder there. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The smell was awful, nose-filling, the smell of a dirty toilet and rancid steamed beans and boiled eggs gone bad. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She kissed us all, including the Captain and Call, who turned the color of steamed crab at her touch. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But Hermione’s eyes narrowed dangerously again, and he added swiftly, “But it’s the best plan we’ve got, so full steam ahead, I say.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z One of the radiators clangs and steams all day despite various attempts to shut it down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Guess they just need to let off some steam,” said Greene with a grin as we stood on R-and-W, still gazing at all the little fires as the clock approached 1 A.M. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Pet was walking next to her, smoke rising off it like indifferent steam. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t say anything, though, and I could see that she was trying her very best to stay quiet, to think around the notion for a moment instead of steaming right through it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Whereupon Stephanie appeared—miraculously!—with steaming enchiladas, a bottle of homemade beer, freshly baked bread, and locally grown grapes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cracked and broken pieces stand and re-form themselves around the liquid until the cup sits complete once more, soft swirls of steam rising into the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then, for no apparent reason, he let out a terrible scream, a death rattle such as I had never heard before and, with open mouth, thrust his head toward the still steaming liquid. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She was pouring boiling water into a bucket full of dry midlings and stirring the materials to a steaming paste. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I breathed a very bad word and sat and steamed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The steam from his breath formed a silver-gray cloud that froze in the air. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He had also tried to get Congress to give him a patent on his idea for a steam wagon, too. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A clear puddle of liquid formed, and O’Dell, also wearing a ball-cap shield, coat, and gloves, poured in more until there was an inch of liquid steaming in the bottom of the pot. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The new steam trains were being talked about everywhere. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the phone cradled to one ear, a steaming cup of coffee in her hand. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Any given block might steam with the scent of chicken and rice or sausage and fries or a simmering vat of chowder. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There's a bowl with some steam rising from it on the dresser next to the bed and a small loaf of bread balanced on the bowl's edge. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She waits in the tea lounge, two lightly steaming, tulip-shaped glasses with matching saucers resting upon the tile table in front of her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The men used jets of live steam to thaw dirt and prevent newly poured cement from freezing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After delivering the water home and snapping green beans into a big pot to steam with a cinnamon stick, Sitti took Liyana to meet a neighbor who was stringing orange beads on nylon thread. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She put Jay’s lunch together, scooping Sea Island red peas on top of steaming rice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He took a dainty fork loaded precariously with steaming fish. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It sits in the ashes, filled with a handful of pine needles steaming in water. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z To the locals, the mountain of manure was a steaming eyesore. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him stands Nessie, the colored girl who braided my hair, with a steaming bowl of water and a cloth. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There was a dressing room adjacent to a communal shower, and there was a lot of steam. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get home, I am expecting her to be pacing the floor arms crossed, steam coming out of her ears. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The ground was turned over near the pig-run and there were droppings that steamed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Ben turned his shower off and walked half blind through the steam. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The little boys actually managed to sleep at midday, sometimes even piled atop one another like damp, steaming puppies. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Through the steam, the whole world seemed like a dream. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z And if I weren’t a little steamed at him for always taking Vonetta’s side I would have said black people have the power to be whatever they wanted. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She runs a hand along the iron cauldron and most of the rainwater within it turns to steam, rising in a soft cloud that dissipates into the fog. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Its radiator was boiling over, and clouds of steam rose from under the hood. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Moreover, absent from Papin’s design was a simple device employed by Savery: the use of a spray of water over the cylinder to cool it in order to speed the condensation of the steam. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But now the train was pulling in, hissing steam, so that was her last word. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The windows were all gone but the brick shell of the house remained, damp and blackened and steaming, and most of the roof, the dark slate shingles gleaming like fish scales from their recent soaking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At the centre top there is a representation of Papin’s piston powered by the pressure of the atmosphere: once the steam has condensed, removal of the pin labelled E causes the piston to descend. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “He just needs to blow off steam. Maybe you should think about doing the same.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Kidney beans, peanuts, green and red chili peppers, sorrel, cress, and quinoa, yucca and cucumbers, and of course potatoes and corn were piled, steaming, into the people’s bowls. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Mom portioned grilled chicken wings with barbecue sauce, corn bread, and steamed broccoli onto three plates, and set them out on the table. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z In front of her sits a steaming cup of tea and a huge pink-frosted cupcake. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The atmosphere was like a Turkish bath without the heat, a lazy, draped feeling to everything, steam curling off pots of wax. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She ran the water hot, filling the sink and leaning into the steam. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z If the factory whistle blew, he’d take out his stopwatch and time the difference between when the steam appeared and when we heard the sound. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In some warped and exaggerated form, it seemed like the same kind of impulse as getting wild on a Saturday night, letting off steam after a week of tension or boredom. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The lid stopped jumping up and down, and the steam began to whistle softly as it squeezed from under the lid. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was thick with humid summer heat which seemed to rise off the grass like steam. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The windows of the cabin stayed steamed up almost all day, the kettle had boiled so long. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I switch off the light and admire the way the candle illuminates the steam. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z They walked out of the warm gas station, and their breath steamed in the air. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z After a while she pulled them out with tongs to let them steam dry on a table. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Viola clanged about in the kitchen nonstop for hours with a plug of snuff in her lip, bringing forth our massive dinner out of clouds of steam. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He stopped and bought some kind of steamed bun, still piping hot, from a Chinese vendor who didn’t speak English. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I intend to paint the images with the old man’s steaming blood. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The thatched roofs steam in the morning air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were still tightly closed, but I guess he could hear the thing gurgling and steaming. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The kids watched their shoes, but their ears flared out like steam shovels. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It was raining and I could smell the wet street and the horse steaming in the rain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Oriana stands there, a wooden tray in her hands with a steaming pot and three clay cups atop it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Beads of sweat fell off his forehead and sizzled into steam after touching the glowing sources of heat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The priest led him into a parlor heavy with tobacco smoke, where a cast-iron samovar steamed quietly on a side table. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But she did remember the cozy, lovely feeling of falling into a bed, like holding a warm steamed bun on an icy day. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She boiled teas and honeycombs, steamed open her pores, adjusted the shutters, and drank. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Grover collapsed next to his coffee, which steamed against the snow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Without warning, coming as a complete and unexpected shock, she felt a pressure she had never imagined, as though she were being completely flattened out by an enormous steam roller. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought me a brush, a bucket of steaming water, and a cake of lye soap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Dad tried to straighten his face out when Momma and Joey came running back with a steaming glass of hot water, but the tears were still running down his cheeks. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not move, but held the steaming coal in the tongs and stared at me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Noa was sitting in the hallway, her back against the wall, holding a steaming cup of coffee between her hands. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The evening had turned cool, and steam rose off the water. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But they were running out of steam, and California and Cornell just kept coming. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But slowly, the black smoke gave way to gray steam. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z A puff of steam shot from the stairwell, and Leo’s automatic table climbed on deck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z By the time she reached the City gates, she had become numb to the cold, though the road was covered in a thin layer of snow and her breath steamed into the chilly air. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled the canoe up on the beach, which was wet but steaming from the sun. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The food was good, and it came mounded on steaming plates, more than any one person could eat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z As the remaining curlicues of steam intertwine with the snow, visibility extends just to the end of my barrel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Once more Aragorn bruised two leaves of athelas and cast them into steaming water; and he laved her brow with it, and her right arm lying cold and nerveless on the coverlet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Nunu had completely run out of steam a half block from the bus stop, so Alex carried her the rest of the way home. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z After all, Sadi Carnot finally produced a satisfactory theory of the steam engine only in 1824, more than a hundred years after Newcomen’s first engine, and sixty years after Watt’s. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z School sucks and it’s hotter outside than the dishwasher's steam cycle. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The roof was high and glittering with steam. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z My mind stalls, steaming mad, as my gaze lands on a long booted leg extended across the aisle. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought he could see opaque tendrils of steam rolling off the very trees in wispy sighs, slicking their arms, legs, and foreheads in a sheen of sticky sweat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When Hanako and her father arrived at the restaurant each morning, Hanako would heat up the grill and turn on the steam table in the kitchen while Papa made coffee. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She sips from her steaming mug of coffee. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She nodded, then got up to spoon steaming Cream of Rice into a bowl for me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Aunty Uju taught her to mash an avocado and spread it on her face, to dissolve Robb in hot water and place her face over the steam, to dry a pimple with toothpaste. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They returned with a dozen foil containers of steaming food. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like a cauldron of steaming iron, trains everywhere—jarring, but also a reminder that life had opened to her at last. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I soak in the steaming tub and close my eyes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We ate the food in near silence, the Korean family way, bent over the steaming crocks and dishes like scribing monks. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But he breathed softly against her thigh, his long eyelashes tickling her skin, the warm soapy tang of him wafting up like steam from a cup of herbal tea. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Guitar handed Milkman a steaming cup of tea. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to understand steam engines it may be helpful to think about methods of making coffee. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Unless it was when he put wood on the fire and sat down and talked while it burned, and the steam began rising in white clouds once more under the little roof. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Nearly all of them were already sitting at the table when Lucia finally brought in the steaming bowls. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Then in the afternoon, we went to Punda and stood near the pontoon bridge as she steamed slowly down St. Anna Bay. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank felt proud of himself until he looked at his bow, which was steaming where it had touched the snake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But they managed it all right, and Lazlo took the chair opposite, and just like that they were two people sitting at a table regarding each other shyly through a wisp of tea steam. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then she saw it, way off in the waves: a medium-sized steam frigate, its long masts reaching up into the night and beneath them a squat chimney. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He could feel her breathing next to him, could see the puffs of steam rising from her mouth before disappearing into the cold sky. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z With this enactment Millet hoped to carry visitors “back 400 years”—despite the steam tugboats that would nudge the Spanish ships toward shore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I’d started off walking briskly, anger fueling my legs, but after a few blocks, I ran out of steam. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Her daddy was steaming mad and of short temper anyhow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She put a bowl of steaming hot cereal down in front of Gilly. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The steam made them smell worse, and when I finished, they were more gray than white. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Narrow jets of steam were issuing from under the hood. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He put a glass lid on a pot of lamb, adjusting it so only the slightest bit of steam could escape. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The steam and hot and cut, cut, cut and does he think he’s part of this family. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He entered a world of clamor, smoke, and steam, refulgent with the scents of murdered cattle and pigs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She sets plates of steaming scrambled cheese eggs, French toast, golden hash brown rounds, and fried green tomatoes on the table. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Jody’s mother put a platter of steaks on the table and boiled potatoes and boiled squash, which clouded the room with their steam. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In the span of about five hours, the carpets had been steamed to help keep Malia’s allergies from being activated by traces of the former president’s dogs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He stirred in the formula and tested the steaming mixture with his finger. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It is the shhh of the radiator hissing steam in our room, of rain on the roof. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She speared a steaming potato with a fork and showed me how to peel it until there wasn’t a spot on it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I turn the faucet and let the hot water steam for a bit, then step inside. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The train’s steam whistle sounded and the porters called all aboard. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He took a steaming hotcake from the platter, arranged two fried eggs on it, covered them with another hotcake and squashed the whole thing with his fork. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The terrifying frenzy of the crowd was building like steam in an erupting volcano. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire steamed and the smoke swung in slow coils and the boy curled up under the pattering tarp and soon he was asleep. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I open my mouth, but steam rushes in and boils away the words. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Highly enjoyable though it was to swim in hot and foamy water with clouds of different-colored steam wafting all around him, no stroke of brilliance came to him, no sudden burst of understanding. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Still so early in the morning the mist is rising up out of the ground, and when I come to a stretch of field, looks like the grass is steaming. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z At Piper’s back, Festus roared and blew steam, but Piper knew he couldn’t breathe fire again without hitting her too. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A black earthenware pot of tea steamed there, and Sister Ailan gestured to Taisin to take a seat while she poured the tea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Outside, it was like breathing steam; he felt light-headed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And in the end, in the steaming little pit of hatred and poison, he found himself, he found the David he needed. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A whole fresh batch of laughter steams up the windows. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He lifts the lid of the pan on the stove, and steam escapes, along with the rich, juicy smell of chicken saltimbocca—little jelly rolls of chicken breast stuffed with spinach and prosciutto. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I could hear the bile in the pit of her stomach boiling and the words steaming up in her mouth before her lips parted. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I'm so steamed over it, it's hard to even tell her. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z That night she chose to direct it toward her famous steamed pork and preserved vegetable dish, which she always served with special pride. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of . .. course ... I... do ... dear,” she sputtered, and bit down on her lip and hissed as if her words were driven by steam. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Steadily he ran out of steam, the angry curses dissolving into moans of fatigue, the name calling into sickly wheezes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She had wept in her dream, and the tears had turned to steam on her cheeks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A thick gray-white cloud of steam hovered ahead. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Tinning, she thrust her face, steaming and wet, into the bend of her arm, and she went on crying there, not caring any longer to dry her face, her eyes, her arms. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z A wisp of steam escaped the pot's spout, and she found that she could smell it, spicy and floral amid the earthier scents of the river. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He patted the control sphere, which was steaming in a bad way. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was still full of creative steam, still constantly on the move, but overnight train journeys invariably laid him low. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He come steaming up to where us sit, haul off and kick Sofia leg. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The steam rose rapidly, and she breathed in the sharp scent. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The Last Hoorah party was their chance to celebrate and let off some steam after the intensity of the last six weeks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Behind them the mists in the flat fields were now above the hedges; but the water before them was dark, with only a few curling wisps like steam among the reeds by the bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At last there came another steam whistle blast, closer this time, definitely drawing closer, and he slammed his coffee cup to the table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m clearly not the only one under the influence either—now that “business” has been concluded, everyone connected with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth is letting off steam. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A handful of men had jobs building tracks for the steam railway that skirted the village. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Suddenly a white plume of steam trailed from the starboard engine and it stalled. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I learned how to run a steam- heated knife along the super, slicing the wax cap off the combs, how to load them just so into the spinner. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The door opened and in her silent way she came in bearing in both hands a steaming bowl to him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I would eat vegetables only if they were canned, and I hated the bright green crunchy ones she steamed and claimed were healthier. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Toward evening the father wiped the steam away from the glass and looked out a couple of times. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This was, in other words, an adaptation of his atmospheric steam engine, or rather a reversion to his earlier plan for a wind-gun powered by atmospheric pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the middle of the morning, Billy Buck came back and made another steam bag. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave me a long, suspicious look and spat upon a hot pipe, causing it to steam furiously. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been picked, packed, and chilled on Monday, flown by jet to Los Angeles Tuesday, trucked north and put on sale in Berkeley by Thursday, and steamed, by me, Sunday night. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I had read that letters were sometimes steamed open, but I had no steam. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z With my newly freed hand, I push back my hood to find Noodle steaming toward me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Especially during the summer, the streets so dog mad with heat, untempered, literally steaming with possibilities, none of them good. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She piled our plates with succulent fatty ribs and steaming collard greens and passed around a basket with neatly cut squares of corn bread, which we slathered with butter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As soon as we got on board the Hornet, it started steaming as fast as it could for Hawaii, where the MQF would be transferred to a cargo jet for the trip back to Houston. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It sank its fingers into their steaming hot flesh ... Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The steam pouring from under her vivid hair gave the impression that her whole head was on fire. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Tonight I’ll be your lady-in-waiting,” she said, pouring steaming water into the tub. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Their wild laughter wafted through the broken windows and steamed in the cool air. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It had no sail, just a single bare mast that jutted up mid-ship, a daggerlike tower that cut through the curtains of steam. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Locomotives huffed and whistled and blew steam from their wheels. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It was his manner—the warmth of him, like steam rising from tea. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She wished, too, that she was not so interested in this new restaurant, did not perk up, imagining fresh green salads and steamed still-firm vegetables. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The conference table is completely covered in desserts—tall frosted cakes, huge plates of cookies, steaming pies. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Teapots that pour into teacups and minuscule curls of steam that rise from them as the seconds tick. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Just when Mrs. Granger was really building up a head of steam over something, Toby would make some little remark and Mrs. Granger would start choking and have to turn her back. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The stew smelled like thyme and roast mutton that night, and when Beatrice lifted the lid, the fragrant steam wafted up in a hot cloud. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The dry, frozen air came out of us in plumes of steam. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The principal, Erik Karlsen, wrapped a blanket around her shoulders and sat her down next to a steam radiator before going out to run his car engine. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The boys followed with the food: a large plastic bowl full of steaming rice and smaller ceramic bowls containing helpings of warm cassava, beans, potatoes, and stewed greens. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z In a flash, they start circling their arms like wheel rods on a steam train. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I’m sure I turned the color of steamed crab. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the house there was the sweet spiced odor of newly baked cake and steaming coffee. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It provides the reader with the line of thinking that led Papin to the invention of the steam engine. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The streets steamed, as concrete reflected heavy sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as the emperor was being carried over the last carved ramp, a servant came running up with a large, steaming bamboo basket. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The largest has curdled into a pillar like the cloud of tephra and ash and steam that billows atop an erupting volcano. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The steam in the laundry had slicked his hair down against his face. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked, embarrassed with a new silence, at the steaming coffee he had in one hand. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The Linotype machine resembled a medieval torture device with its hulking metal form and the wisps of steam curling from the cauldron of molten lead in its core. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Dany marveled at the smoothness of their scales, and the heat that poured off them, so palpable that on cold nights their whole bodies seemed to steam. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She watches me crack my egg into the soup and bury it under cubes of steaming tofu and shrimp and clams so it will cook. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Jess and the twins joined him in a booth, and he explained that what they’d seen and heard from their classroom earlier was called a steam explosion. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z The iron hisses and spews an angry cloud of steam. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So, after our game against Moreno Valley, I blanked out while standing under a flow of steaming water in the boys’ locker-room showers. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He stood in Heorot and stared at the terrible trophy, Grendel's arm, which still dripped steaming blood on the ivory floor. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat there watching the steam coming off the boiling water. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman placed the steaming cup of tea before me and exited the room, her bare feet making no sound at all as she disappeared. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But there is no sign of Papin working on an atmospheric steam engine after 1704, or of news of the version of his engine recorded by North being disseminated. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The white steam from her rice gently reached toward her, its heat warming her hands. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z On its maiden launch, complete with fishing gear and a generator they could scarcely afford, the Lady Gin, with the Warden at the helm, steamed out into the Gulf of Mexico. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Dad was steaming, but there wasn’t much he could do. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The steam engine Nashville that would pull the Lincoln funeral train from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Before the sun rose, Nok walked up the road to the village, the fresh smell of green herbs and steamed fish rising up from the dish. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Catelyn's bath was always hot and steaming, and her walls warm to the touch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z First comes a blacked-out locomotive, bolted over with armor, exhaling a thick geyser of smoke and steam. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My breath came out in puffs of steam. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Now the index fingers of both hands press the buttons, and—ka- lump—the press comes down. But one finger on a button will release it—ssssss—the steam lets loose. Sssst—the water squirts.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Glancing neither left nor right, he strode indomitably up to the steam counter and, in a dear, full-bodied voice that was gruff with age and resonant with ancient eminence and authority, said: “Gimme eat.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Within ten minutes, the whole place was full of bluish steam. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Most of the time I was happy not to have to bother with food, but tonight I hungered for a mouthful of pasta, steaming hot, drowned in sauce, dusted with Parmesan. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Suddenly the door flew open and there stood the midwife, steam rising from her skin in the heat of the room. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Those with men had had the sweetness sucked from their breath by ovens and steam kettles. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Two fire engines arrived hissing steam, their crews ready to blast the pipelayers with water. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Ma,” Big Ma steamed, “I’m trying to tell her something to save her life while she’s down here.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Discoveries in mechanics and steam technology were applied mainly to the perfection of weapons, the encouragement of superstition, the amusement of kings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A steam engine whistled its deafening shriek, which completely drowned out all the other sounds of the station for a moment and made Hugo jump, as it always did. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He has seen a steam engine at work. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On the side would be steamed asparagus and a spring mix salad from Earthbound Farm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He brushed each glove gingerly with the hammer, and steam hissed from them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Dinner carts sit in the main salon, chock-full of steaming hot food. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Clinking plates and the sound of steaming milk fill the lull. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z On the plate sat a steaming brown lump of mystery meat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I'm so steamed over it, it's hard to even tell her. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If he read him, Newcomen had only to put two and two together in exactly the way Papin was to go on to do to have the basic design of a steam engine. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z All seven heads shot add, and the elm melted into a steaming pool of muck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z As Marlena steps away from the steam tables, one of them addresses her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But the crucial modern inventions depend on prior scientific discoveries: in the case of the steam engine, Boyle’s law. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I felt the steam radiator with my hand. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The springs turned into steam; the rivers shrank. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain hung in the stormy air, but it only sizzled and steamed around him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The bowl steamed up to my face, and Versh’s hand dipped the spoon in it and the steam tickled into my mouth. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The Queen scraped the remains of her cat into two heaps, one of them a neat pile of warm bones, the other a miscellaneous lump which softly steamed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When her mother carried the steaming cup upstairs, Abra opened the incinerator end of the gas stove, put in the letters, and lighted them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He does not say what sort of ‘engines’ were employed, but Swift surely had in mind the first steam engines, which were generally used for raising water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Above their bent heads, huge spindles pound steam- powered fists. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She slid the steaming cup in front of him. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He would turn to steam and float up among the treetops. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I could even smell China, and it was the smell of food cooking, of steam rising from so many rice bowls it hung in a mist over the land. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was standing next to me, while the others stood back behind me, fanning the smoky steam out of their eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She half heard the steam whistle blow, and half watched the train pull out of the station. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Bake it, steam it, grill it, or stuff it into littleneck clams, I just need something familiar that I can hold on to. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And as casually as he might pick up a steaming hot bowl of rice, he tossed a brass vase out the living room picture window. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He waved his hand and the steam dissipated. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We come to a little room at the end of the corridor, a makeshift kitchen that is warm with cabbage steam. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The food—fried okra, steamed corn on the cob, and pot roast that was so tender it fell right off the plastic fork—convinced me that Dolores was an even better cook than Maureen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Engines everywhere took steam until the ground trembled. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They had a fire on the beach that evening and steamed mussels so hot and chewy they burned their tongues on the tawny meat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Every drop of rain that falls on her evaporates instantly, sizzling into steam as soon as it touches her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Our luck is changing,” he’d said as they curled their hands around the steaming cups, feet dangling over a little bridge, the lights of the Stave playing over the water. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There is a splash and a hiss, and she smells smoke and steam. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Cars and buses pass in clouds of exhaust, and clusters of students walk by carrying steaming food bought from ven- dors along the street. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There were footsteps in the hall, and a young man stepped into the room carrying a bowl of stew that steamed and smelled of pepper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In fact, the fit gathered so much steam so swiftly that he had to stagger over to the altar and grab hold of it to keep from falling. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “That dead man. Lying on the ground. His stomach was torn open and steam was coming out of it.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Wynn flipped another pancake and then set a steaming stack of them on the table. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He closed the car door, and stood there in the parking lot, his breath steaming. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z They camped almost in the road itself and built a great fire, dragging dead limbs out of the snow and piling them on the flames to hiss and steam. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z For instance, we are regularly told, “James Watt invented the steam engine in 1769,” supposedly inspired by watching steam rise from a teakettle’s spout. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He sounded a little like Mouse while he ate, purring and blinking as he bent low over the steam rising from his bowl. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Alex stripped off the pajamas and stood for five minutes under a jet of steaming water. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z This ship coidd use either wind or steam power. stood, but wooden frames and roofs had been incinerated. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can boil the water in the tub, one pot at a time,” I suggest, “and collect the steam.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Earlier in the day the post had brought a note from Maurice to Francis, mentioning that he was now about to go full steam ahead on DNA and intended to place emphasis on model building. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She brought the plates out to them, and the steaming pasta was met with oohs from the twins. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Beyond the foothills and fields I could see the long, white, crooked line of steam, marking the river’s course. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A thousand Charlies are drawing something in the steam on the window. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I shall get a steam launch and follow him,” said Lord Godalming. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Or perhaps she had been forced to jam her thumb down the spout of a boiling kettle until it was steamed away. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Dad completely lost steam on his book. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Christoph pulled the handle of a white floor-to-ceiling freezer, and it opened with a hiss, releasing a cloud of steam into the room. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z There was steam rising up from his side of the fence. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z With five swift strokes, she cuts it into pieces and adds them to the steaming broth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The boy who had helped him with the mass brought him a cup of thick and steaming chocolate, which he drank without pausing to breathe. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He’s a tall thirty-something Indian man in an impeccably tailored suit, roguishly handsome with a neatly trimmed beard, a steaming cup of tea, and a shiny Union Jack on his lapel. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As soon as the principal walked away from the podium, the noise level in the room rose, like a boiling kettle that suddenly started to steam. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The children said that the boiler, jumping up and down, bursting steam, flames shooting out the bottom, matched their dreams when they had a fever. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One day she noticed a train steaming away from the town. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those, please,” said Fadi, pointing to the steaming tray of burgers. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “I can only stay for a few seconds because it’s so hot. And I have to get away quickly because if a steam explosion happens while I’m there...well...” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Ekemeni placed a large steaming bowl of greens on the table. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The steam rose thickly from a vat of boiling water which no one was attending. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Standing at the steam table, watching as the population of B-block shuffled by, each in-mate receiving his plate from the servers, I always thought of an assembly line in a poorly run explosives factory. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A cloud of steam enveloped him and his wrinkled face could scarcely be seen peering into the cauldron. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He wanted to go to see Dollywood, which is a big theme park with roller coasters and a steam engine. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She smiled a beatific smile, and the steam rose around her and caught the light of the candle and made a halo over her head. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He took the lead in about half the Iowa polls and was only gaining steam as the caucuses approached. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I look for the rises of steam from pushcarts. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Surprise swooshed up from the class like steam from a released radiator cap. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z They were very busy with the animal in the fire, pulling it to pieces now and mixing it with something steaming in a pot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I make whatever is easy for dinner, tonight a Korean dish of soup and steamed rice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z By the middle of May, the steam explosions had stopped. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z The thin stream of smoke from the chimney, the indentations of recent footprints, the smell of steaming pine needles. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The pump is a modification of Savery’s engine, with a float introduced to separate the steam from the water being pumped. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Its legs moved feebly in the air, steam coming out of its ruined head in odd places. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I pull the largest one I can find from the shelf and pour the steaming mixture in. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She lay in the dimness, watching the sky darken, until Mia knocked on the door carrying a steaming mug of tea. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The rain had stopped; steam rose from the wet street into the humid air. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The flaps on the flute hinge up and down like manhole covers blowing off steam. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z It reminded me of the steam train ride my parents took me on years ago. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z White steam now belches forth, blending with the black smoke as the fire licks its wounds. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She sat on one side of the little Formica table, steam from her mug of tea rising up to her face as she stared out the window to the Barrows’ house next door. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When the corn began to steam he took the cans from the fire with the pliers and they sat bent over them with their spoons, eating slowly. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z But when he was ready to go back to the barn she brought him a pan of steaming meal. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The fragrant steam was more exotic than anything from the Merritts’ kitchen. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The photo had started to change colors, especially at the corners, which were hiding into a weird brown, probably because of all the steam coming from the sink over the years. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His question was lost in noise as the train engine screeched to a stop, brass bell ringing and steam belching over the rails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The city was alive with shopping and sightseeing, smells of steaming hot dogs and salty pretzels on every block. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The birds kept planting weeds in our garden, Miss Maggie wanted fresh straw in her rabbit hutch, and I had yet to pick the blue mussels that we’d be steaming for our supper. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z As the environmental movement gathered steam in the 1960s, he said, white people had discovered that Indians were better stewards of the land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They steamed and dried in the afternoon sun. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z That train seemed so close I could smell the soot and steam. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They arrived all through April, and they traveled by steam train, by horse, by caravan or cart, and many of them walked. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She handed me a rough clay bowl full of steaming vegetables, seasoned rice, and a crusty chunk of bread, and I thanked her and moved on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The dogs, who had climbed down on their own, waited nearby, their breath steaming out in the air. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The word flickered and danced as steam rose up like shadowy breaths released from the ground through the snow. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He come steaming too up to where us sit, haul off and kick Sofia leg. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm sure John hated working at the steam plant, but at least he got to leave the house and take his mind off things for a while. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When the Wabash Cannonball steamed in on schedule, the town bulged with people, but the lovebirds, Junior and Vandalia, were absent. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Mom goes to the coffee bar, filling a paper cup with steaming, bitter-smelling brew. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I would use the ejector for steam and oil so those gauges would swing back and forth but come back to the middle. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He shook the snow off carefully, moving around the tree from the east to the south, and from the west to the north, his breath steaming out in front of him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Once I let go of how mad I am at Mom, I realize that I’m steaming about Kristina. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z They made such an entrancing sight that Tyrion almost waddled right into the steaming pile of dung the elephant had left to mark its passage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Instead, the family emerged onto platform nine and three-quarters, which was obscured by thick white steam that was pouring from the scarlet Hogwarts Express. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He visualized its probable progress with agonizing clearness-that one would start slowly, drop from ledge to ledge, trundle across the neck like an outsize steam roller. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z About the time I heard the engine building up steam, a couple of more men hopped in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I got some of that physical feeling of prison-taint steamed off me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The tub was the newest feature in the tiny shotgun house and Milkman sank gratefully into the steaming water. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He pours the steaming water into the mug with precision, adds two perfect spoonfuls of sugar, and methodically stirs the sugar like he’s making a formula. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z The differences extend to most other significant technological advances, from printing presses to glass and steam engines. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was Octavian, his robes steaming and his face black with soot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Church bells clang, and in the harbor, ships blare their foghorns and steam whistles shrill. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I set the can on a steam pipe until the water evaporated, leaving bits of solid food in the bottom. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Miss Love cut off most of the thick gray beard with the scissors, after which Grandpa wrapped a steaming towel around his face to soften the stubble. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The Uncles were being held off by her parents, but they weren’t losing steam and they were still holding those red necklaces around their throats. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z We’re all as quiet as a steaming pot of rice as we wait to see Papi's reaction to hearing the word “husbands.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The two intact dragons were each three feet tall, their snouts pointed upward and their steaming mouths open. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When she looked inside, instead of a steaming heap of fine white corn, she saw only three lone kernels, the ones she had placed in the pot day after day. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The back door is open on shelves of steaming newly baked bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Amit is waiting on the screened verandah with cups of steaming mint tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Polite but eager applause rippled round as Hugo sliced the fish, and placed the first steaming portion on to a platter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was happy enough, but I was getting pretty steamed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched as she ran cold water into the tub and then warmed it with her bare hands, swirling them around until steam rose. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The dark waves flung shards of ice at him, and the blood from his cuts steamed and froze. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Afterwards, in the sting and rush and the steam of Fang’s shower, I opened my mouth and let the water pour down my throat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Merry waved his hand towards the steaming lake; and as they looked, they heard a distant rumbling and rattling, as if an avalanche was falling from the mountain-side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As Endurance steamed down the River Thames toward the sea, however, World War I boiled up in Europe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z There were a few moments of dazed silence, then steam was released from somewhere, and it made a sound like the train was sighing. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Horses were big, stinky beasts that snorted steam and had eyes of fire. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But it was also gaining steam as a movement around the country, and for my last three years at Bryn Mawr I was a beneficiary. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A wisp of steam curled from the ground. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z One day I worked the steam table at breakfast. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The treacle pudding was steaming invitingly on its plate. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-one days after leaving London we steamed into Mombasa, the coastal port of Kenya. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he realized the bronze mirror on the table was steaming. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The butcher turned to plunge the body into a steaming pot, then deftly stripped the feathers off, wrapping the body in white paper. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z One of his rangers, a big ugly man, sang a bawdy song as he saddled his garron, his breath steaming in the cold morning air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We watched it advance toward us, the engine throwing up balls of steam to add to the heavy overcast. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked up to the giant, whose oily wounds were steaming. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I could almost see the steam rising from his shoulders. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z In the hiss and flare of steam, he felt the atoms finally settle together, and he knew that the knife was as keen as before, the point as infinitely rare. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Just don’t leave the steam table with it.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon pulled off his gloves and warmed his hands in the steam rising from the bowl. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I remember a time when I was young and I charged full steam ahead into a Coke machine. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was strange to see the air unclouded with steam and not to hear the sound of washing from the back. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It said these words calmly, without apparent malice, but there was so much danger steaming off its body that it landed in the air as a threat, and the blood left Redemption’s face. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It flew straight down from the sky in drops the size of coffee saucers and hit the hot sidewalks with a hiss that sent clouds of steam writhing up from the gleaming, dark concrete. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It’s sort of like a train but without tracks, and the driver sits in his own protected car up front with the stove that heats the steam engine. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A roast beef bigger than a horse, set on a giant platter that took up the entire front room, surrounded by steaming potatoes and parsnips, and loaves of fresh bread. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Marigold knew, from the letter she’d shamefully steamed open before secretly resealing and returning it to her mother’s car, that Zane was in it up to his neck this time. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There was a cloud of steam as the arm-ring fell into the water. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell her, It’s steamed weeds-just let it be. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa was steaming mad, and he was mad at me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z By the end of it, Aru had felt like she was wading through a steam of post-recess middle school body odor. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Faber was back there in the steaming lump of tar that had no name or identity now. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z These were wise words from a wise old bird, but Matilda was too steamed up to see it that way. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z As he rocked he drank the coffee and warmed his fingers in the steam. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Fadi rolled the foil off his steaming chicken and, without much interest, removed the plastic silverware from its protective plastic bag. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z And in the half-light of evening the dung carts had come out, attended by half-naked slaves whose task it was to shovel up the steaming piles left by elephants both great and small. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had applied to Congress for a patent on a steam engine he’d made to run a boat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The school superintendent, Dr. Lopez, was in the first row, steaming. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Bigger saw a thin spout of steam jutting from the pot and smelt the good scent of coffee. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In the yard, small groups of indfgena women are stirring steaming pots of beans and chicken broth over fires, and peel- ing an enormous mountain of potatoes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s just what the card players did, hoping to get out the double doors, jump on their fireboat, and steam off to safety. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The innkeeper ducked into the back room and emerged a few minutes later carrying a tray loaded with hot bread and steaming bowls of stew. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With a wink of her eye, the fire transformed to steam, which lifted several spit-up stains that she had not bothered to clean yet from her shoulders. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z This was still in the days of steam locomotives. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Schiem showed his true gentlemanly nature by refraining from any crude comments as he lay a thick slice of steaming meat atop her piece of bread. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The steam engine had been nearly whisper-quiet, the hiss low enough that we didn’t attract a single shambler from the surrounding woods. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Mom returns with huge bowls of steaming white rice and platters of lemon chicken, sweet-and-sour pork, pepper steak, General Tso’s chicken, and the house special: Mandarin Garden Chicken—fried nuggets in a sweet garlic sauce. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The body heat made steam in the cold air. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He floated on his back when the valise filled and sank; the river was mild and leisurely, going away from the people who ate shadows for breakfast and steam for lunch and vapours for supper. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I open the dishwasher and lean into the cloud of steam that floats out of it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Edd was back by the time that he had dressed, pressing a steaming cup into his hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There are large wooden bowls of steaming beans, peas and squash, platters of roasted fish and venison, baskets of bread and fruit. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The exhaust clouds up around us like steam, the fuel smell piercing the predawn blackness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z With a flourish, Miss Ohio dropped a fish on the metal’s steaming hot surface. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A gray fairy with mothlike wings chased a brawny minotaur out the front door with a scalding blast of steam from the end of her rod. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z At last, Laleh’s story ran out of steam, and she began scooping spaghetti into her mouth with her spoon. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The Mirror seemed to be growing hot and curls of steam were rising from the water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The breath of man and horse mingled, steaming, in the cold morning air as his lord father had the man cut down from the wall and dragged before them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I’m pretty sure I had cartoon steam coming out of my ears, because Dad knew I was fuming and didn’t even try to make small talk anymore. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He also invented something called the “gunpowder engine,” which influenced the development of another machine, the steam engine. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat across the Rec table from him and carefully opened the steaming package. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the very ground at their feet a shadowy steam arose and mingled with the swiftly falling dusk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He was brushing the last of the horses when a blank-looking pot-girl came out to him with a tankard of steaming wine. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Stepping off the tracks to let it pass, I watched as the engine screeched and ground to a halt at the depot, belching smoke and steam. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Adam smiled at him when he carried in the steaming pot. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The night before had been stiflingly hot, and the early morning was already steaming and miserable. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My friends had gone, and the courtyard was steadily emptying, so I was waiting for my trick to work, when I heard behind me what sounded like gas or steam escaping in sharp bursts. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time he gasped there would be a little puff of steam like coming from his mouth. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Piles of horse dung steamed in the streets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The silk of my dress steams in the heat of the fire, and with one eye on the bath door, I let its warmth seep into me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Even though he was only a figure in the steam, Clarisse flinched. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Kalyani put a steel tumbler of steaming coffee on the table for her husband. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky was thick and gray, smelling of heat and rain; long mists drifted down between the ridges, lay in pools in the woods, rose toward the sun like white steam. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship was capable of doing nine to ten knots under steam. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It fell to the floor, hot and steaming and wiggling like live snakes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though Zimmerman’s wasn’t my favorite place in the world anymore since I’d been denied my dream job, I was steaming mad about this. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z When the steam cleared, she stepped inside and sealed the door behind her, then hosed the cubicle’s cement floor with water and scoured her workbench with alcohol. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Ten minutes later, her engines still at full steam, the cruiser heeled and sank with many of her crew still trapped belowdecks. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Fog lay low on the ground like sauna steam. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I see him for a second, leaning over sideways—is he laughing? angry?—and then the steam rises again and blots him out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Steam did not overtake water and wind as a source of power until after 1830; in Swift’s Laputa, as in eighteenth-century England, steam power did not replace water power but supplemented it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Mary was planning on doing what she always did to celebrate, commiserate, blow off steam, or just kill boredom. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Even though it’s hot as sin and steam’s already rising off the blacktop, kids are throwing balls, kicking cans, skipping rope. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Gum Baby and Chestnutt sat on the surface and shared a plate of steaming carrots. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Down stairs the furnace groaned and made the steam radiators ping, but it was still cold. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Founts of warm water leaped up, steaming; the chill vanished from the room. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Aunt Saba, which Poppy said meant “morning,” appeared carrying a large brass tray filled with steaming glasses of musky-smelling tea—maramia—an herb good for the stomach. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I was so burned up by his words that steam just about burst out of my ears. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain patters in a hollow echo against the metal, drops evaporating into steam where the iron is still hot. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She squirted some ketchup onto her hot dog and took a steaming, juicy bite. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Inside, they stretched out on benches and yelped in pain as they tried to regain the use of their limbs in the steam room. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In a few minutes Teashop Aunty returned with two Styrofoam cups filled with steaming, milky tea. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The fragrance of the steam was refreshing, and those that were unhurt felt their minds calmed and cleared. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Pet turned its head, and impatience steamed off it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z By the time Shoemaker came along, a common view was that Meteor Crater had been formed by an underground steam explosion. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She says the steam from the bath gives the colors a whole new dimension. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z As he spoke, puffs of cloudy steam left his mouth, like smoke, in the cold air. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She could feel her flesh sear and blacken and slough away, could feel her blood boil and turn to steam, and yet there was no pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The air felt as thick and warm as sauna steam. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I stared at the sweet steam spinning from my pancakes. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The air had a sweet burn of frost, and Charley, moving ahead, saluted in detail a whole row of clipped privet, and he steamed as he went. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The following week, Mrs. Richardson decided to have the carpet steamed, and all the children were told to stay out of the house until dinnertime. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z What he lacked of course was a suitable power source: he tried to imagine an aeroplane powered by a steam engine, but the difficulties were obvious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Now’s when it gets hot,” Shorty reminds me, reaching for the steaming jar. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen filled with a smelly chemical steam, but after a few hours there was a layer of brown crystals in the bottom of the pan. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A powerful steam engine had arrived at the fire and had simply removed Anderson’s hose from its water plug. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z After pouring a little of each into a large glass beaker, he stirred the mixture thoroughly with a wooden spoon, watching intently as it smoked and steamed and boiled and bubbled. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The steam caused the cedar to relax and bend to fit itself to the shape of the frame. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Against the opposite wall was a long bench laden with wide earthenware basins, and beside it stood brown ewers filled with water, some cold, some steaming hot. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Maybe a Chicago sewer grate where there should have been a window, or a ship’s steam stack in place of the carved Torah ark. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z From the grille at the counter the steam of stew came pouring forth, with a sour metallic smell which did not quite overcome the fumes of Victory Gin. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She felt like someone had released a steam trigger on the top of her head. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He watched gratefully through the cloud of steam that arose from the jug. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He spied around the corner while she carried a bowl of steaming soup for their mother. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Meredith had steamed and readied clothes for me, my mom, and the girls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His tears erupted in bubbling pools and clouds of steam. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z A lake of hot caramel with steam coming off it.... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Everything in the woods around us was steaming and glistening. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She set the bowl of steaming soup on the table in front of Matty and then went to the sink to pump water into a bowl for Frolic. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The grandmother explained quietly without her having to ask that it was the room of Chadwell, Courtney’s older brother, a pilot who had one day crashed into the steaming jungles of Vietnam. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Without warning, coming as a complete and unex-pected shock, she felt a pressure she had never imagined, as though she were being completely flattened out by an enormous steam roller. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Boiling water cascaded down over his head in a hissing, steaming deluge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The guard dragon Peleus curled contentedly around the pine tree underneath the Golden Fleece and began to snore, blowing steam with every breath. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The Murray twins lean against the massive trunk, sipping steaming cups of mulled cider. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It’s seriously a wonder there’s no steam coming out of his ears and nose. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I turned up the steam, Laura’s feet were flying; I had her in the air, down, sideways, around; backwards, up again, down, whirling. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After the verdict, he walked out of the courtroom in the middle of the day, walked home, and took a steaming bath. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She finished the rest of the aisles, and left with one cup still steaming on her tray. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Inside, the windows are hazy with steam, and there is the warm, tomatoey smell of chili. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The mud puddles scattered around the yard gave off steam like cauldrons coming to boil. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Still damp from the steam, and wearing only a towel, I hurried to my bedroom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When I fell, I went into a slide and felt myself picking up steam. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We lived on Waverly Place, in a warm, clean, two-bedroom flat that sat above a small Chinese bakery specializing in steamed pastries and dim sum. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The fair’s capitulation pumped steam into America’s—and Chicago’s—already-boiling labor movement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Rachel hoped too much and ran out of material, while the rest of us hoped too little and ran out of steam. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My image of Africa, at that time, was of naked savages, cannibals, monkeys and tigers and steaming jungles. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I cut a steaming piece with my fork, blew on it, and slid it into my mouth. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z A little steam rose from his damp back. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus Savery’s engine sucked and blew, just like a bellows, but the sucking was caused by condensing steam and the blowing was caused by expanding steam. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In a tin bowl, in the captains lap, steams a cylinder of boiled gray meat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Still, when the train came into view, steam engine hissing, pistons hammering, Fannie picked up her skirts and ran alongside the train cars, shouting at the men inside. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I wake to sounds of steaming water splattering into a porcelain bowl. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When the bath was steaming, Irri helped her into it and climbed in after her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z During Lent, they noted no meat passed my lips, not even a steaming broth when a bad catarrh confined me to the infirmary. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare into the steam until I know she’s down the stairs. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I put on some steam, because if I miss it, I'll be waiting ten minutes. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Worms of fire crawl down its black sides, seen when wind clears off the roil and seethe of ash-cloud and smoke-cloud and white steam. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The cooks carried big steaming pots out of the kitchen to the tables under the pavilion. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z His eyes have turned to burning diamonds, his Noise blazing a red so fierce it’s practically steaming the water away from him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Mom, I know. I’ll be fine,” I insisted, lifting the cup of latte and blowing at the steam. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The first shower burst against the tile floors of the shower room and plumes of steam inched along the ceiling and flowed down the walls. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He held out his hand, and as Serafina daubed the steaming mixture on the bleeding stumps of his fingers he looked away and breathed in sharply several times, but he didn’t flinch. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The steam then condensed, drawing water up a pipe into the cylinder. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He imagines himself as a tall white- coated engineer striding into a laboratory: cauldrons steam, machinery rumbles, complex charts paper the walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z All through the day, the heavy thump of the locomotives’ steam pistons thundered down our narrow valleys, the town shaking to the crescendo of grinding steel as the great trains accelerated. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Continuing a Raj-era tradition established by expeditions of yore, every morning Chhongba and his cook boy, Tendi, came to each client’s tent to serve us steaming mugs of Sherpa tea in our sleeping bags. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I lifted the lid and a cloud of pungent, bitter steam hit me in the face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The steam from one smelled like red chili stew; the other was full of oven bread and pieces of fried bread. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Flashes of steam showed intermittently on the wide horizon, gleaming translucently in the winter sun. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z An alarm began to sound and suddenly they disappeared in a cloud of white steam. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z They believed that if they stalled until after the November elections, the suffrage “fad” would probably lose steam. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She was cooking a soup, pouring herbs and medicines into the steaming pot. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit in a tub of steaming water and scrub my hands raw to get Khalil’s blood off. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Drays full of wholesale goods rumbled over the pavers, led by immense horses gusting steam into the murk above. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Lest anyone doubt the importance of what he was doing in Vietnam, he carefully linked American independence and freedom with the “steaming soil” of faraway Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She spooned three bowls of steaming food for them—corn pudding and roasted rabbit—acting as if greeting strangers was what she did every morning. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped the steam away with the bottom of his fist. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I can tell you for sure there weren’t enough pineapples in the world to keep me from running straight at T.J., full steam ahead. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He's pretty steamed, but I think he'll get over it when he sees the CD players I got him for his birthday. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z David Ballantine, Louis Napoleon, and a group of other Vigilance Committee agents had set up a barricade with some shipping crates at the steam chimney and were taking potshots over the top. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Food was set out, steaming on the tables; but nobody felt like eating it. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Nali stepped out of the mobile home with her big jar of multicolored corn kernels and a cup that was steaming in her other hand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Clouds of steam float high in the distance. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And then the ferry steamed into the harbor, the schooner tacked away, and the sailor was just a man. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She had hurried out to the porch from the cooking hut and still carried a large wooden paddle in her hand, which dripped steaming water onto the floor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The iron plating was now so hot it steamed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The heat was then removed, the steam condensed and the piston charged; as soon as the bolt was pulled it would be driven down the length of the cylinder by the pressure of the air. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "Shagga likes to kill with either hand," Tyrion said as a trencher of steaming pork was laid in front of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Patti sets a steaming cup of milk in front of me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It was dangerous to run out of steam on the walk. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I let him run out of steam before I couldn’t take his pitiful expression anymore and had to stifle a laugh. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “He made Stinky Sanders, the mortician, the richest man in town, Colonel,” Hobie Rawls said while pouring coffee into Bull’s cup from a steaming glass globe. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t say anything for a while, because she was melting a little butter in the microwave in a mug, adding saffron, and then pouring it over the steaming rice. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She breathed the hot steam while cold water swirled around her feet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z By 1836 it was possible to describe steam as marking ‘a new era in the history of the world’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Dad strides across the back yard, wearing an oven mitt and carrying the steaming turkey by one leg. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Traveling by steam instead of by sail was odd, too. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I wanted a room full of steam and the smell of lavender or peach. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She held the cup under her nose and sniffed the steam. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The wet leather of Tayo’s boots and the hunter’s elkskin leggings made steam rise around them like mountain fog after a storm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Now, instead of steamed eggs, I had a pot full of egg soup! Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They were olive green, smooth, and they steamed a little. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She took two dishrags and carried the pot impassively through the living room, down the front steps and across the yard, then poured the steaming casserole into the gutter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “But Hancock has a verbal order from Meade. It’s all very funny. Thing is, when Hancock’s on the field the men naturally turn that way. Old Howard’s really steamed.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried a paper cup with steam drifting from the top. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I ran over to the other letter, dipped the nozzle, flipped the switch, felt the heat steam up through the handle and off the sides of the can, and ignited the first ball. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Through the steam of my soup, I watch her wrinkle her eyebrows in response, looking uncertain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Uhmma held her cup with both hands, blowing into the steam before each sip. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Nothing remained but to admit steam and see what happened. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z That night, I dream of running on top of giant egg rolls, swimming in steaming egg-drop soup, and battling a giant dragon. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The air is thick with the smell of exhaust, and steam billows from an open vent nearby. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Chafing dishes melt medicinal pastilles, and steam vases release vapor into the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z This seems wildly out of sync with the line of filthy men snaking behind the steam tables. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But there was no steam in his voice. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Andrew puffed white steam, “you guys run on to school. See you tonight, Tony.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s going to be fine. You just have to let him blow off some steam.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The steam is still rising from the gravy—it’s not brown Jell-O yet. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Wise men had massaged eucalyptus balm into her temples, steamed her face with herbal infusions. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She speared a bite on the point of the knife and ate it with relish, while her hostess toyed with her own portion, then blew on it fastidiously, steam coming from the crisp brown meat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She daubed some of the steaming liquid into the split, then closed up the wood, easing it together from the root to the tip. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched, too, and never let down my guard for a moment until the ferry steamed again into port and it was time to board. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In the heat the stench of horses steamed up from the depths of the hold as though the animals were still there. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There was an eternal hissing of steam, the deep grunting of steel engines, and the tolling of bells. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They would hiss and spit at each bloody morsel of horsemeat, steam rising from their nostrils, yet they would not take the food . . . until Dany recalled something Viserys had told her when they were children. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But they were a long way off, and the sky overhead was still a spotless blue as we steamed west. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The blood in my veins is steaming hot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z What if the spout opened and closed when the steam came out, so it would become a mouth, and it could whistle pretty melodies, or do Shakespeare, or just crack up with me? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As if a great river of machinery is steaming slowly, irrevocably, toward her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Cook rustles around the cabinets, and a few minutes later, a mug of steaming tea is in my hands. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The food gave off a lot of steam. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun beats down on us, turning the air to steam, playing tricks on our eyes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The lower valley of the glaciers behind us is white with steam: lava touches ice, down there. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Connor’s disappointment only lasts about two seconds, because our server returns to our table with a tray full of plates wafting delicious steam. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z As they walked into the steam room, Frank thought of his grandmother, his mom, and his cursed childhood, thanks to Juno and her piece of firewood. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then a pleasant female voice spoke from the steam: Phase deposit one drachma. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Ernst’s limbs pump furiously, but he clearly is not accustomed to sprinting, and he loses steam. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z All the time they were steaming north, and it grew colder daily. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When a train heaved across it, the black steam engine swollen to bursting like the boiler at the laundry, the birds flew up like Halloween. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Blowing off steam, throwing rhymes in the alley. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Golden brown loaves that glistened and steamed in the cool air. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Vegas, for four nights, to watch the big fight and let off some steam. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened a world where a tropical rain forest steamed and dripped, and where vapors laden with heavy scent drifted out into the thin mountain air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Where the white Mist met the dark smoke of Clytius, it steamed and sizzled, like lava rolling into the sea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Servers came in bearing huge pots of steaming food. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z This steaming ice somehow made the rocket seem alive. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Smokes and steams drifted in sullen clouds and lurked in the hollows. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then the voice of groaning was heard and the voice of triumph from slayer and from slain and the earth steamed with blood. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Shiloh, of course, goes right over, tail wagging, but all the steam’s gone out of me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Rowsby Woof was padding up and down outside the back door, his breath steaming in the frosty air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As our mother sprinkled flour and rolled out small doughy circles for the steamed dumplings that would be our dinner that night, Vincent explained the rules, pointing to each piece. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He ordered us out of the car, which was overheated and steaming. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z And behind it, the source of the steam…a redwood hot tub. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Other men picked up steam as the hours passed, and the aimless, riotous celebration continued. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He turned in a circle, steaming and slowly disintegrating until there was nothing left but an old, stained bathrobe and a pair of bunny slippers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Even this close the gun looked as if it were loaded and he laid it by and got up to feel the legs of the jeans steaming above the heater. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z As the mouse looked on, Cook put her face into the steam rising from the pot and took a deep breath. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z John had recently been assigned to work at our local steam plant. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Bull was breathing as though steam engines were working his lungs, his lips were flecked with dried saliva, and sweat was pouring off his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Another bone ship lunged out of the thick cloud of steam in front of us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I keep talking, but I can tell I’m running out of steam. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They complained impatiently to each other as they hunted for the right-sized stones or hauled load after load of wood in their arms, dumping it near the big kettle, which was boiling and steaming away. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z There was a stove nearly as big as Chrissie’s, and water was steaming away in a cunning tub at the side which Mother said was called a “reservoir.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z A radiator snapped with steam and I jumped. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Young surges full steam ahead, trying to shake off that embarrassment as best he can.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Turning and looking down from this camp one sees the glacier-flow split, divided, torn and churned by the black steaming peaks that thwart it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They sat that evening by the fire and the boy drank hot soup and the man turned his steaming clothes on the sticks and sat watching him until the boy became embarrassed. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The others were still blowing steam off their bowls when he finished the last of his loaf and returned to his story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His bronze base had several drawers, spinning gears, and a set of steam vents. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The waiter set down Dimple’s steaming, fragrant plate of cod and potatoes, garnished with halved boiled eggs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The heat rises from it like steam in a sauna. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They kicked up a rooster tail of steam that made it almost impossible for Jason to see where they were going. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Frank looked at his forearm, which was still steaming. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Only the steam from the quwi stew continued to move lazily upward, as if nothing unusual had just happened. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Smaug, the Unassailably Pressurized, spat its steaming contents into the thermos. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Distant plowed fields seemed to steam and breathe. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z After two hours she finally runs out of steam, and I feel like I’m going to explode from concentrating so hard. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z As Alys watched, she closed her eyes and breathed the steam. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Well, I can never levitate anything right, so we ’re even,” Widget says, but he takes her cup without complaint and concentrates until it too is steaming and hot again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Now that she had breasts and a belly of a size to contend with, she also had a new deep crevice between them, fiery as a steam hole. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sure he was hiding something from her, and her irritation was just as visible as the clouds of steam from their warm breaths. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I’m going to bring him up into the steam for a bit,” he says. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Crumpled tissues cover the table like snow, and both Mama and Miz Rita have their hands wrapped around two mugs with steam coming out of them. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z One of the tugs steamed away while the other still stood by. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The first rack of greasy pots and pans slid onto the table, and the dishwasher let out hisses of steam as the rack splashed into the pool of blue water. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z For a good thirty seconds, Colonel Meecham sat reflecting in his chair staring at his steaming coffee with an ineffable sadness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, not exactly. The main reason is that I don’t like to be dependent, particularly on electricity, rails, steam, oil, coal, machines, and all those things that can go wrong.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A mile or so out to sea, a huge tanker is steaming north. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The first great, practical achievement of the new science was Newcomen’s steam engine of 1712—the very engine Swift was presumably mocking when he complained about mills being built where there were no rivers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Food stands line the street, with blue and orange awnings and wooden stools and plastic chairs and heaps of salads and steaming meats on display. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The fuming concoction sent swirls of steam up to the cave ceiling, where bats flapped their wings, clinging upside down from their claws, and pit vipers uncoiled themselves from thick iron hooks. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She heard a roar that she later realized was a sonic boom, and Arion tore over Puget Sound, seawater turning to steam in his wake as the skyline of Seattle receded behind them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z On Thursday, June 8, Luther Rice signaled the firemen at the big steam boilers seven hundred feet away on Lexington Avenue, outside the Midway, to build steam and fill the ten-inch underground mains. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Ugwu went into the living room and his hands worked mechanically, serving kola nuts and alligator pepper, uncorking bottles, shoveling ice, laying out steaming bowls of pepper soup. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mechtild brought me a bowl of steaming broth and stood by while I sipped it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I saw it burning right next to me as our invasion force steamed on. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I was hungry thanks to my adventure the night before, and all I wanted was rice for some reason, but Mama was already dishing up our breakfast of steaming grits. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The air was hazy and humid, like steam from an iron. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He watched the dark steaming mixture pour into a collapsible tin cup, which was handed him straight off. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z That seemed to catch him off guard and take the steam out of his big speech. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I had to clench a fist just to let out some steam. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Even so, the union was picking up enough steam to worry the government. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "I never thought it would be like this," Sam said as they walked, his .words steaming in the cold air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Bronwyn acted as den mother, rounding us up every time one of us strayed to get a closer look at a stall of brightly colored pinwheels or steaming boiled candy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Bed rest and perhaps a large, steaming mug of hot chocolate. I always find that cheers me up,” he added, twinkling kindly down at her. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Even farther in, the silence was broken by a cacophony of strange sounds—the skittering of rats; hissing steam; the hollow, recurring tap of pipes, like the desperate scratching of a premature burial. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Bryan came out of the mist, bearing steaming coffee in a metal cup. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She came to their church suppers without underwear, bought their steaming platters of food and merely picked at it—relishing nothing, exclaiming over no one’s ribs or cobbler. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He knew that sometimes she just needed to blow off steam, and he let her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The cans and pails rattled on the stairway, and there was much steam. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z All that was missing were the dark circles under her eyes and a steaming cup of coffee, except that she was too young for either. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I wrapped the mussels in leaves and sort of steamed them in coals. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The cleansing room had a small, steaming pool with steps that led down into the water. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z That was the day she was working tomatoes on the black iron range, and her kitchen was hot enough to steam the calendars off the wall. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She hands me a steaming mug that smells like peppermint. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Mom brings the steaming casserole dish to the table and places it on a hot pad. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He was out again in five seconds, steam rising off his clothes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I could feel Katherine glare at me as I offered her up in the hopes of saving my own hide, and I’m certain that by the end she fairly had steam coming from her ears. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A violent thunderstorm on Sunday cleared the air for a few hours, but when the sun came out Monday, it baked the streets until the rainwater rose in ghostly plumes of steam. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course he began with the steaming pile of corn. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Mom hands me a steaming mug and the newspaper. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was always humid, the steam unable to escape from the small room. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The kettle was already steaming, but the teapot was empty except for the dregs of the last batch. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Closing my eyes, I could almost see them running, bodies stretched to their fullest length, legs pounding up and down, white steam rolling from their hot breath in the frosty night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The steam whistle from the freighter faded eastward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Its blue and orange flag is already flying and the boiler beside it belches steam, bearing cheerful witness to the breakfast within. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I go upstairs to the bathroom, where a steaming tub awaits. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "And an airplane, and a TV set," said Ralph sourly, "and a steam engine." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z At the park the architects eased from the carriages puffing blasts of steam into the frigid air. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Our star athlete, Link Rowley, has been yanked out of sports because his father got steamed up over some prank gone wrong. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z On the dais, Lord Wyman attacked a steaming plate of lampreys as if they were an enemy host. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the table in front of him were books and papers, a steaming espresso pot and a tiny cup, and—I was surprised to see—an unfiltered cigarette burning in an ashtray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The engine sizzled and creaked with heat and the jet of steam that blew down the overflow pipe sounded like the hiss of an alligator. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of its dubious appearance it sent a faint curl of steam into the frosty air, and Kit forced herself to take a few spoonfuls while the woman stood watching, hands on her hips. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The Wonder bread absorbed the acid like fire extinguisher foam and splattered against the hydra, covering it in a sticky, steaming layer of high-calorie poisonous goo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He ducked inside a stationer’s shop briefly and came out carrying a small parcel wrapped in brown paper and two fresh rolls, steaming hot, with butter oozing from their middles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But she heard her muttering, letting off steam somewhere over to her left. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The giantess toppled backwards - steaming white and frozen solid. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At Mass, Benediction, novenas, we huddled in great damp clumps, dozing through priest drone, while steam rose again from our clothes to mingle with the sweetness of incense, flowers and candles. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There were displays of power looms, rope-making lathes, marine engines, hydraulic presses, steam machines, and other tools, machines, and crafts from around the world. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I hear strange sounds, something like a bubbling test tube and a sigh of steam pipes, a breath of air. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She ladled chili into the bowls and passed a steaming dish to each of the people at the table. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The steam started the job, and then the heat from the stove tops did the rest. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Sorrel appeared with a tin plate, a steaming slab of meat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly our kitchen went from one pot on the stove to three or sometimes four huge cauldrons of steaming food cooking all hours of the day. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I unwrap the potato from its wax paper, and it steams its lovely, earthy smell under my nose. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z People were pushing and shoving, trying to grab hold of stair railings to hop on, even as the train began to pick up steam. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He was bothered, too, by the noise of the few steam vessels that Burnham, over his repeated objections, had authorized to travel the exposition’s waters alongside the electric launches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I make coffee in the kitchen and bring two steaming mugs back to bed, and we spend hours together in the soft early light. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was like a dance, a dance in the stink of sheep and the smell of newborn steam coming off the lambs and the sounds of them, mothers and lambs, finding one another and love. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The water turned to steam, drove out the air and forced the piston to the top of the cylinder, where a spring engaged a bolt. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The copper conducted the heat beautifully, and soon the water was steaming and Ruby left. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mariam sat in the far corner by herself, working on her heels with a pumice stone, insulated by a wall of steam from the passing shapes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A jet of steam had hissed out of the camera. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z In 1712 the Industrial Revolution and the age of steam lay far in the future; by 1836 they were a reality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They were sitting on either side of the fire, and he was steaming prodigiously. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Vanderbilt, also wound up with stress, blew off steam in bruising morning football games with the exercise boys. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In his mind’s eye Harry seemed to see the scarlet steam engine as he and Ron had once followed it by air, shimmering between fields and hills, a rippling scarlet caterpillar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z On the coldest days the manure steamed, as if the hydrants themselves were on fire. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Then he stood up and put his head back and looked up at the rolling steam. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z They were at an inn, the steam from the warm tea in their hands drifting with the drafts from the window. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Rice sent a telegram to Ferris at his office in the Hamilton Building in Pittsburgh: “Engines have steam on and are working satisfactorily. Sprocket chain connected up and are ready to turn wheel.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The idea was that “bubbles” of the new phase of broken symmetry would have formed in the old phase, like bubbles of steam surrounded by boiling water. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His breath steamed in the air, fogging the ice behind his head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He watched as the scenery began to change, and the rolling steppe gave way to low grassy hills and then to higher land, with the occasional gorge or cataract; and still the boat steamed south. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The sun came out, and the steaming heat rose up all around us. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Room 5 was the smallest room, and especially on a winter morning like that one, when the big radiators came on and steamed up the windows, it would get really stuffy. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The ring beyond was filled with steaming water: a bubbling cauldron, in which there heaved and floated a wreckage of beams and spars, chests and casks and broken gear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Through it all the dogs continued to run, tails high, breath puffing steam. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "I'm going to say this to you for the thousandth time," Ms. Wockley steamed. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Like her fellow West Virginian John Henry, the steel-driving man who faced off against the steam hammer, Katherine Johnson would soon be asked to match her wits against the prowess of the electronic computer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Styx had a teakettle expression on his face, like steam was filling up his head. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Citra arrived on the main floor ready to assess the contents of the pantry and refrigerator, but to her surprise she found the dinner table set for two, and steaming plates of food already there. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I hold my fingers in the steam rising from the mug and watch the cook working the grill, the toaster and the blender. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The nights that spring were unusually cold; this one was colder than most and the heat was on in the dormitories—steam heat, full blast, which made it unbearably stuffy even with the windows open. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z What had really happened was that I woke up from a good sleep because it felt like a steam locomotive had jumped the tracks and chug-chug-chugged its way straight into my nose. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Brian found a clam bed and they had actually eaten one meal—clams steamed around the fire, nuts, and berries—that left them full. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Cool rain on the steaming ground, I think. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Kochu Thomban had finished his ceremonial rounds, and lay tethered to a wooden stake next to a steaming mound of his own dung. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Helen gingerly placed his steaming bowl in front of it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But I can remember when we came to it with prayer, listening for trouble in our laboring old motors, drawing a plume of steam from our boiling radiators. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Warmth radiated from it, making Mo's wet clothes hiss with steam as he clambered onto the narrow ledge and collapsed next to me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The hot water filled the air with clouds of steam, melting the snowflakes as they came drifting down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Soon they all held steaming mugs of hot milk, and Green and the blubber stove were brought back on board. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She kicks the can all the way to the second guard, and a train passes underneath her in a billow of steam. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A great cloud of steam puffed into the air and then disappeared. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The steam rose from the shirt and filled my head with the clean fresh scent of sun-dried cotton, and bubbles of perspiration flushed along my hair line and dripped down my neck. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Salma Auntie carries the last steaming dish to the dining table, and then stands back to admire the elaborate feast. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Then Soames reappeared and plodded about like a parish beadle, backing down the steam radiator valves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z By dish ten, a steamed fish, everyone was groaning. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z At the center of the camp, water from a geothermal well had been piped into a pair of shallow, steaming pools lined with rocks and shaded by palm trees: Oh-My-God Hot Springs. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There are baskets full of flower petals, and a monstrous stove in the corner releases tiny clouds of steam. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z South, and James Watt’s 1769 invention of his steam engine to solve the problem of pumping water out of British coal mines. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She led them to the stove and began to spoon rice porridge into bowls, its steam issuing like a sighing breath. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Lyra peered ahead, steaming her eyes, and Pantalaimon flew as high as he could and looked with an owl’s clear vision. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z My parents killed a chicken and steamed it whole, as if they were welcoming home a son, but I had gotten out of the habit of meat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he’d squatted for a moment, building a bowline into the manila, and heard the steam whistle of the passing freighter sounding low across the water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Silence hung over the room like steam, heavy and sticky. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The wheels churned and churned, echoing with the scrape of metal on metal, the hiss of steam and the whine of brakes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps it’s only steam escaping a pipe or the far-off whoosh of one of the trains. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The high sun and the steaming heat reminded Roy of another bright afternoon not so long ago, in a place not so far off. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner shoveled most of the time, stopping to watch Mr. Newton’s great Frisians pulling the rollers to pack the snow, their breath steaming out of their nostrils and their heads turning with ease and power. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Shadowfax stood steaming with sweat, but he held his neck proudly and showed no sign of weariness. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z That niggling in the back of my brain picked up steam. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The mountains of steaming basmati rice were capped with drizzles of saffron butter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Then, dented, scratched, and steaming, the car rumbled off into the darkness, its rear lights blazing angrily. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z As he dried with a towel, she put before him a steaming bowl of daal and a plate of fluffy white rice. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Their tattered clothes steamed from the heat of the river, but they kept going until they crumpled to their knees at the banks of the Phlegethon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Patches of snow crunched beneath his feet as his boots broke the night's cmst, and his breath steamed before him like a banner. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The water did put out the flames, but it also made steam, which seared to sealing all that was left of the beautiful Hannah Peace. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Our puzzle is that we have Newcomen in Dartmouth in or around 1698, and we can see no way in which knowledge of the steam engine can reach him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The steam from the soup kept floating up into Blount’s face, and after a little while he reached shakily for his spoon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Where I had been standing a moment before was a ragged hole in the side of the Arch, with melted metal steaming around the edges. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The illuminated castle rose from the sleeping city like a mound of ice and steam. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She spritzed some water from a bottle onto the cuff of a shirt and pressed the iron against it, making the steam rise up to her face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The air was muggy and hot, and steam curled off the river. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The train pulls into the station with a high-pitched squealing of brakes and a great gust of steam. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He heard a switch engine in the Southern Pacific yards discharging steam in shrill dry spurts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Linda cupped her breasts loosely, steam eddied thoughtfully in the dark air. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, I think I merely ran out of steam. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The worry deep down in my belly lifted up and away like the steam from my teacup. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z And then for two pages, he’s just hearing: hearing a steam whistle, hearing people’s voices, hearing an opera. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Great insects, angry and buzzing over the steaming jungle, ignoring the fact that every hostile in the area was trying to bring them down. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sai Fong put the cricket cage in the middle of the table and then went back and forth to the stove, bringing over steaming bowls of Chinese food. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Yelling at Rosa had felt amazing, like releasing a thousand years of pent-up steam, but her body was still shaking from it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The steam had gone clean out of her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A crown of steam wreathed his shaggy white hair. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He set a steaming mug in front of Mom, rested his empty hand on her shoulder, and kissed the top of her head. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Even though they could smell the steam from the rice cooking, they noticed the house was strangely dark and quiet. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z These mansions had been built by wealthy white families in the late nineteenth century and included two to four bathrooms, electric lighting, gas furnaces, and steam heat. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He called it “a cheese- box. I’ll never buy another Chevy again,” he fumed as the car, loaded with kids, sat in traffic, its engine steaming and sputtering. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The huge pot steamed and rattled as the glass jars boiled, to be sterile for the day’s canning. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The gray museum auditorium steams with wet coats and the slush melting from winter boots. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Winters, with steam puffing from her mouth, she’d worn mud boots, a greatcoat, and a scarf over her head firmly knotted below her heavy chin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Siobhan looked at her father, assuming that steam was about to shoot from the man's head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The waiter brings some steaming bread, which I’m happy to dive into. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The yellow dust dissipated on the rocky shore, turning to steam. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Marly was glad for the silence and the warmth; it was cozy to sit with Mother in the night with the clock ticking and ticking and the fire crackling and the kettle slowly steaming. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z So many jars, steamed and dried, filled and sealed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I couldn’t get her what she needed most—hot baths, a warm bed, steaming bowls of Cream of Wheat before school in the morning—but I tried to do little things. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I can picture her sitting at our breakfast table, her hands wrapped around a steaming mug of green tea and her dark hair pulled into a ponytail with a few stray curls framing her face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When we arrived on the island we’d see cracks in the rock where steam rose up. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “They use only a little grease, and after the chicken pieces brown, they put water in the pan and let it steam.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Papi and I sat at the table, while she drifted in and out of the kitchen bringing us food, water, a chunk of bread, and finally, a steaming cup of sweetened café con leche. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In one corner stood a potbellied stove, hissing softly, surrounded by a semicircle of limp boots and draped with wet woollen socks, which steamed foully. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He turned his head to see what kind of dish she carried, but quickly looked away again when he saw that it was a bowl with steam rising from it. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The fogs slowly gathered together and steamed up into a huge umbrella of cloud: it must have been a mile high. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Into the cavern rushed eight of the strongest miners carrying an immense caldron which bubbled and sizzled and sent great clouds of savory steam spiraling slowly to the ceiling. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Wreaths of aromatic steam drifted around Cavern Hole; the fish had been baked to perfection. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Noa was sitting in the hallway, her back against the wall, holding a steaming cup of coffee between her hands. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He breathed in the steam, thinking back to the first pot of the morning. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “Not yet. I will, I promise. I hope this tastes good,” she said, planting the steaming pot on top of the Jesus trivet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In no time there came Jane Sharp from the village and, from the other path, with a basket of bread steaming and warm, came the baker. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I brought a heavy frying pan up from the house and because we had no cooking oil we steamed vegetables in water over the fire. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z For aesthetic reasons the boilers were to be located seven hundred feet outside the Midway, the steam shunted to the engines through ten-inch underground pipes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the light that streamed in a square block from the hole he wrung a small towel from the steaming water and he scrubbed his dark slender body vigorously. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He ate hot eggs, warm bread, reveled in steaming tea, although the water from which the tea was made left an aftertaste in the mouth, afterthoughts in the brain: from what nearby bam? The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the twenty years between 1687 and 1707 he worked towards the construction of a viable steam engine, but in the end he failed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When I bring my cereal bowl back to the kitchen, Mom’s in there pouring milk into a steaming mug of coffee. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Constitutional amendments guaranteeing African Americans “equal protection of the laws” and the right to vote proved as impotent as the Emancipation Proclamation once a white backlash against Reconstruction gained steam. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Dad sat on one stool with a steaming mug of coffee in front of him as he flipped through an article on his tablet. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z A chain weighing twenty thousand pounds connected a sprocket on the axle to sprockets driven by twin thousand-horsepower steam engines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z All I could do was to sit on my hands, tongue-tied and steaming. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The chariot veered off course and plowed through the strawberry fields, the mechanical horses steaming. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The train is chugging forward now, gathering steam. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Since survival in the snowy forests of northern Europe required different traits than those needed to stay alive in Indonesia’s steaming jungles, human populations evolved in different directions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I arbitrarily punch buttons on the control board and end up hopping from foot to foot as alternating jets of icy cold and steaming hot water assault me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Lightning stirred the water into a boiling cauldron, steaming and hissing with electricity. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Still, the White House announced that the enemy offensive was running out of steam, that casualties at Khesanh were light, that we would never give up the marine base there. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “This is how little moisture you need to get the steam to rise.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I lie there resting in the steaming grass, the old lake hissing and gurgling behind me, whispering patterns of words my sanity resists. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I brought the steaming coffee to my face and took a careful sip. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She served him small, steaming cups of precious prewar sake a cousin had brought along and opened for this celebration. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z His tears—they said—were the warm water baths that steamed up his oven. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z My reading had my mind like steam under pressure. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Their waitress returned and dropped two steaming plates of food in front of them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was one of those lofts you see in movies and at parties, the one cavernous nearly-empty room of windows and hardwood flooring, some exposed brick, steam pipes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He sets a tray with a steaming ceramic jug and two mugs on a table. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And then he cast the leaves into the bowls of steaming water that were brought to him, and at once all hearts were lightened. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A clearing in the steam, caused by the draught from the door so long unopened, showed him the lady who had given the squeak. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Orange juice and a pot of steaming hot chocolate wait at my place at the table. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Three more strokes and Papa had the animal split—two sides of roast pork steaming from within. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty cauldrons stood steaming between the wooden desks, on which stood brass scales and jars of ingredients. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z There’s a steaming pot on the stove, and I bet anything there are apples in it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Their shells were tightly closed, even after Mama steamed them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the warm bakery, steam rises from the laundry, and sleeves and skirt folds that were stiff with frost now hang limp. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He clutched at the glimmering fabric, but his fingers steamed and blistered when he touched it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were crisp on the outside, soft and steaming on the inside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When I found a few potato peels, I would dry them on steam pipes running through the factory and share them with David. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z So I braced myself when the door opened and a cloud of apple-scented steam followed her into the room. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The rain had stopped and wavy plumes of steam drifted up off the asphalt. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It was cold out and Sam had all those big pots on and the windows were steamed up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She lifted the cover from the pot of rice, and steam rose like a thick smoke, veiling her face. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Katie took the letter from me in the hall as if she would have preferred I’d handed her a steaming pile of fresh horse manure. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw that William had cleared his, and she quickly ladled some more of the steaming broth into the rough clay vessel. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Grandpa was sitting on the side of the bed in his nightshirt, holding a pack of steaming hot towels to his knee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Once a day, someone filled the water pot with well water, so that it was always there, steaming and ready on the edge of the stove. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Billowing clouds of steam rose from the plant where blubber was being boiled down. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Late that night, Finn sat at the kitchen table, test prep books spread in front of him, steam curling from his fourth cup of tea. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Then I took my own bath, lay there until the steaming hot water turned cold and my skin shriveled up. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The steam is still rising from the water, and I watch the colors flow through it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Just like that, the horse was gone—nothing left but a steaming trail across the lake. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mariam saw no smokers on the streets, no cups of tea steaming from window ledges. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The Hogwarts Express, a gleaming scarlet steam engine, was already there, clouds of steam billowing from it, through which the many Hogwarts students and parents on the platform appeared like dark ghosts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Do not worry,” the robot said to the growing crowd, steam puffing from their noses. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She served us bowls of steaming atole and hot tortillas. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The owner, a nice man about Poppy's age, brought them steaming bowls of aromatic lentil soup, saying once they tasted it, they would keep coming back for more. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “I diverted her attention, yes,” Celia says after blowing gently on the surface of her steaming tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In some cases this is obvious: a kite won’t help me understand how a bird flies, or a steam engine how a muscle works. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She was in front of her room with her son, his cloth-covered head bent over a steaming bowl. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I steam the fish and vegetables in violet leaves, and we eat by the river, admiring the kingfishers who dive into the water and come up with fish every time. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the empty tables, on the other side of a counter, they saw Helpers scurrying about in the kitchen, half-hidden behind clouds of steam and grill smoke. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In exchange, Nelson would chop our firewood, boil up steaming pots of lumpy manioc, and bring us fruit, greens, and bark potions collected from the forest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A valve was closed, the water was heated, and the steam generated drove the water upwards out of the cylinder. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A scarlet steam engine was waiting next to a platform packed with people. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z And some four hundred young men, born into an America that is bursting with opportunity and promise, have ended their lives on Vietnam’s steaming soil. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z If she wasn’t so brown skinned, I bet I would see a blush steaming up her cheeks. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I devoured it, dipping the steaming bread in the remains to sop up every trace. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There I sat with my little gas heater at full force throughout the afternoon, watching the ships from many an exotic port steaming through the cold, dark waters of the harbor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother returned with a couple of steaming mugs. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Your supper,” she told Meggie, putting a steaming plate down on the table. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The engine is simple because, like Papin’s first steam engine of 1690, it consists of a single cylinder powered by atmospheric pressure only. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After Congo, Calista picked the reptile house, which was warm warm warm—so warm that the glass in front of the snakes and turtles was half steamed up. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Alex’s mom slid a plate of steaming hot pancakes in front of him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Now, sitting in this cave of lightly perfumed silk, what had seemed constant and unquestionable feels as delicate as the steam floating over her tea. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The princess ended up in the plaza below with a full head of steam, and she carved down and around the wide paved street, using her kierie as a rudder. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Miles away, we could see the blocky shape of a freighter steaming south, and a few deep-sea boats trolling back and forth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Momma brought the soup into the room, took the kettle off the heater and placed the steaming pot on the fire. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ama could smell the astringent flavors as they drifted out with the steam. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She steamed past the fancy brick entrance to the golf course and soon the paved road gave way to a dirt rut, with no curbs or streetlights. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He carries the sheet of paper in a daze to the alley where Frau Elena boils sheets amid billows of steam. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z So instead I stare at the steaming liquid dripping into a coffeepot and start thinking of steaming volcanoes. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes oarsmen who thought their cox was weighing them down took matters into their own hands and locked their diminutive captains in the steam room for a few hours. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The steam from boiling hung in the air. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It's a rectangle with a henna-inspired border and a cooking pot in the middle with steam rising from it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Daddy’s voice got nicer with every verse, and at the end of every one the sugarhouse was as full of singing as it was of steam. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Fish-flavored steam billowed out the open door on the first floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I love watching the spread of rice flour on cloth, stretched over a steaming pot. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Smoke and steam come from everywhere, his sleeves, his collar, his pant legs. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She caught a glimpse of the dazed young man sipping gingerly at a steaming mug while an orderly lit a cigarette for him. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I watched him cleaning his master’s woolen coat; he was wrapping wet scraps of brown paper about hot coals, and, with a tongs, dousing grease spots with the steaming paper. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ear quickly fed a coin into a machine and plunged Arm’s fingers into a steaming cup of coffee. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Drogon's long neck snaked out and he opened his mouth to scream, steam rising from between his teeth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Night.—I am writing this in the light from the furnace door of the steam launch: Lord Godalming is firing up. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He supposedly was just “blowing off some steam online.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The plates and glasses got steamed to remove any spots or grime left from the night before. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Celia helps him move Poppet to one of the velvet benches by the table, while on a nearby shelf a cup of tea pours itself, steaming and brewing instantly in a flowered china cup. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The engines let out a hiss of steam. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The panthers ran in circles, changing color, and ten million animals, running before the fire, vanished off toward a distant steaming river.. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the common room was much too busy in letting off more holiday steam to observe what anyone else was up to. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We stay until school ends for the summer and the daylight lasts past bedtime and wet heat descends over the streets like a steaming blanket. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And we steamed on, riding the Wabash Blue Bird, bound for Chicago across the patchwork fields. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the bathroom the girl held her steaming shirt away from her body while Tessie brought damp towels. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was a longer walk than she remembered, and they saw the train steaming up just as they turned the corner. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A thousand suspicious eyes followed their progress along the steaming alley. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “After that Harvard says I have to matriculate or reapply. Unless Daddy buys them another building. I’m messing with you, Matthew. I got in on my own steam, I swear.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a locked door and a window cracked open, wisps of fragrant steam curling from the gap. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z You'll probably either drown while working the water turbines or get steamed to death in the power plants. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Kaede watched out the window as they drove past an open-air kitchen with an old woman ladling out steaming broth to a line of young men—sailors, with their hair tightly plaited in single braids. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I felt a bit like my brain had been steamed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Momma passes me the water jug because she can tell my face is getting all steamed up from the heat of the chili. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z In a flash, they’re pressing their noses against the steamed window of the cruiser to make twin pig snouts. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The pot was steaming and full, and Minli recognized it as the medicine tea. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The waters of the hot spring are still and calm, a cloud of steam hovering over it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Usually her grandparents kept the store open on Thanksgiving and prepared tamales to sell alongside clay mugs of steaming atole. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Next to the kitchen, two cauldrons of hot, steaming soup had been left untended. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m attempting to duplicate the situation the woman wrote about where she saw all the shapes in the steam. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Nancy poured steaming coffee into big mugs, and Jenny placed one beside the plate of each adult at the table. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks fly from hammers as big as my head, forge fires glow a red deeper than blood, and cottony plumes of steam erupt every few feet from freshly quenched swords. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When Jody came back with the steaming kettle, Billy buckled the straps over Gabilan’s head and fitted the bag tightly around his nose. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The key closed an electric circuit that activated the Electro-Automatic Engine Stop and Starter attached to the giant three-thousand-horsepower Allis steam engine at the Machinery Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Abuela comes out, holding a steaming tray of meat for the table. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He popped open the microwave door and a cloud of steam carrying the smell of reheated fried chicken came bursting out. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Afternoons we swam in the creek or sometimes in the surf, then wound down before a dinner of steak with steamed carrots and peas one night and chicken with steamed carrots and peas the next. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z They found a steaming hot spring, and once they had tested it to be sure it wasn’t more quicksand, they eased themselves in. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Billy Pilgrim, there in the creekbed, thought he, Billy Pilgrim, was turning to steam painlessly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as he spoke, he shot across the room and dumped the steaming contents of the pot down the drain. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He was holding two mugs, which steam was coming out of, and his hair was wet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Shoemaker knew nothing about underground steam explosions–he couldn’t: they don’t exist–but he did know all about blast zones. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z From this unintended encounter, I believe, the steam engine was born. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The entrance wound on his back was an ugly shade of purple and it steamed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He followed her, staggered a little on landing, then straightened up in time to see the gleaming scarlet steam engine pick up speed, round the corner, and disappear from view. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But he really got a head of steam when discussing the comparison between drunk driving and texting while driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The horse shot across the water, his hooves turning the top of the sea to steam. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The water steams, and as the steam clears, I can see the few remaining water bottles at the bottom of the ruptured cooler melt, spilling the contents out pointlessly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He followed Billy into the grain room and watched him make the steaming bag ready. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In December 1891 Burnham received a proposal from a tugboat manufacturer arguing the case for steam launches at the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Red and crispy roasted pig, brown and golden duck, steaming dumplings, plump fried shrimp, and all kinds of sweet cakes! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then white steam that smelled like iron started pouring out from the sides of the hood and blowing past the windows. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There were heaps of milled corn and steaming vats of cabbage soup. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Then by all means, let Katniss go first,” he says, pausing a moment to wipe the steam off his glasses. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z So many days spent over steaming kettles, my hair and skin smelling of apricot and cinnamon. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I said to Juanita as we shuffled closer to the counter lined with steaming pots. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Big, heaping plates of meat and potatoes and gravy, and steaming black coffee. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I shuddered violently for several minutes before the steaming spray could finally relax my rigid muscles. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I could not make out the face of the mother who rested from the pains of birth, but I could see the old woman in black who tended the just-arrived, steaming baby. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up a steamed bun and took a bite. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I pour the steaming water into the teapot. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He looked so funny standing there with his long underwear steaming. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever my hand accidentally brushed her hair or bumped her arm, she would flinch as if burned by steam from a kettle. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Warm steaming water—tired limbs—presently a shave—a cocktail—dinner. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Great tears poured from beneath his clenched lids and fell in steaming dollops to the ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Cecile went back to her kitchen, fussing up a full steam like she was talking to someone. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In between, in the midst of all those steaming nights and days darkly colored, smelling of earth, I believe there lay some marrow of honest instruction. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He holds a steaming mug with a tea bag string draped over the side. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z In the steam were about thirty teenage girls with no clothes on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His father, in full uniform, sat at the kitchen table, sipping from a steaming cup. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A bitter steam was rising from it, and Will heard the liquid bubbling fiercely. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched for probably a full hour, till our breath steamed up the glass too much to watch much more and our feet started to get sore. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z There were days that August when I felt as though God had lowered a giant glass lid over the whole steaming Bay. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In moments the train had disappeared, leaving a swirling wake of steam and noise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I stood at the window until the crowd was mostly gone and the trains had started moving, steam billowing up from their stacks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Snowdrifts and lightning strikes, or bedclothes burned away, leaving nothing but an angry, naked baby steaming in a mesarthium bassinet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I fumbled my meal chit into one of the dull tin trays and collected a portion of steamed pudding, a sausage, and some of the ever-present beans. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At noon they stopped by the side of the road to eat steamed bread stuffed with salty pork. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I saw the moist steam before I saw the water. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The steam from the rollers creates a cloud around me, and their warmth seeps into my scalp as she sets my curls with them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Sefia was handed a steaming mug and a bowl of rice porridge while Archer was whisked to the sick bay. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She was carrying a tray covered with steaming food. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The steaming liquid slipped down her throat smoothly and seemed to fill every part of her with a fresh energy. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The great stone flanks of the mountains hid the sun for most of the day, so they rode in shadow, the breath of man and horse steaming in the cold air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A surge of white steam billowed thickly from the cauldron instead, obliterating everything in front of Harry, so that he couldn’t see Wormtail or Cedric or anything but vapor hanging in the air. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He hands me the steaming bowl of hominy and sits next to me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I drew detailed pictures of food—steaming chicken with crispy, glazed skin, bowls of plums, apple cakes with crumbling crusts. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He was now bursting with so much energy that he would be called a “steam engine in trousers.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The steam from the grass rose to our soles, and it gradually lessened the pain. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Jinny added the leaves to the steaming water and poked them under with a quick finger. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The wind shifted, and the alley filled with clouds of gritty steam from the doused fires. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The first sun broke through, yellow and warm through steaming tree leaves, broad bright light blazed across the map table. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The voice breezed through the well like steam drifting from a cup of hot chocolate. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z At night plumes of vapour steamed from the vents, lit from beneath with red light, or blue, or venomous green. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His clothes and his skin steamed as if the Tiber’s waters had given him an acid bath. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He was dripping wet from the neck down, steaming in the chill air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The water was still pouring over him, turning to poison and creating a steaming marsh around his feet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When she is finished, she wipes the steam off the bathroom mirror and studies her face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He crumpled to the floor, gasping and steaming; but at least he was alive. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I still remember living in New York City, and loving the smell of the sweaty steam coming through the subway vents, and the vendor carts full of boiling hot dogs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Others use an espresso pot, which uses steam to drive water up through the grounds: the pot is a pressurized steam system, which is why it requires a safety valve. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I have already enough funds to assure us essential support, but I am trying to get enough to enable us to go forward with full steam ahead,” Ernest informed McMillan. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As the birds cooked, bits of steam broke through tiny cracks in the mud and scented the air with a delicious fragrance. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Ever since Coach Harper and Dr. Williams refused our request to create privacy in the Torture Chamber, she hasn't stopped steaming about it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I broke it, seeing the sugary pulp steaming in the cold. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A thousand feet below her, a half-mile-wide caldera yawned at the top of a mountain, white steam pluming from the centre. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Trays of colorful fruit tarts and sweet puddings dusted with a fairy-frost of sugar had also appeared, along with steaming pots of fragrant tea. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He squinted at me, his long beard quivering as he slowed to a stop, huffing like a steam engine. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Our classes were often interrupted by the rumble of coal cars and the moans of steam locomotives going past. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I paused and looked carefully to see where her spittle had gone, but I saw nothing; her face, obscured by steam, was bent over a big pot. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch until the first puffs of steam escape, and then I ask, "Does he know about me?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Mother didn’t say a word but only heated some milk, and they sat with their feet on the oven door and sipped at their steaming cups. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I walk around the sparkling fountain slowly, taking my time, wandering through the crowds, past the people lined up to buy warm popcorn and steaming potato tortillas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Faint wisps of steam curled up from the robot’s body as she trudged through the forest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Guards brought him whole steamed ears of corn, along with corn porridge and cabbage soup. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Outside, some of the traffic signs were also sponsored by Texas Instruments, and the Pizza Hut billboard on the way over showed a steaming pizza, under the headline “Gigabites of Taste!” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z A wisp of steam curled from the wound under his shirt. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was a hideous-looking thing covered in a dark steaming substance. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ambrose Spike watched hungrily as she poured him a steaming mug of the delicious soup. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Seven searched his desk, and sure enough, a cup of steaming liquid was right next to his workstation. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Lourdes slaps two quarters on the counter and leaves the coffee steaming in its thick white mug. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z First, he began work on his steam engine around the same time as Savery began work on his, so no later than 1698. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The steam engine was the product of seventeenth-century science, which had experimented with vacuums, and with air and steam pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I trotted up to him so angry that steam came off the top of my head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Where he worked in a Chinatown noodle shop and slept outside next to the steam vent and awoke one morning to see that his feet had turned almost black with the cold. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The table is covered with steaming bowls of food. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z When they caught a glimpse of the country westward the distant Forest seemed to be smoking, as if the fallen rain was steaming up again from leaf and root and mould. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A blustery March wind whipped the steam coming out of the manholes, and people hurried along the sidewalks with their collars turned up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her breath makes a cloud of steam when she says, “No wonder she hardly ever talked.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He pays for his cup, the steaming concoction contained in black-and-white marbled swirls, and wonders for a moment before his first sip if it won’t taste as good as he remembers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The cylinder, like the piston of Newcomen’s steam engine, has a number of valves and inlets which open and close with the action of the piston. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Big pufls of steam were coming out of the side of the mirror. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I began steaming inside with frustration as I looked around and saw all the white children touching and picking up and trying on. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Shortly before noon the Indianapolis steamed under the Golden Gate Bridge and headed out to sea. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The sea bubbled and steamed around the shore. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Been busy with the Gazette since the mascot campaign picked up steam,” he said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He blew into his bowl, raising a cloud of steam around his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The interview fallout picked up steam, and the next day Arnold insisted that I spend the day with him rather than working on lawns. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They had settled down to quarrel near my canoe and I was now steaming mad. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It hissed up in a furious steam—and the metal snapped! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed to smell the sweet, nutty steam. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The steam freezes when it touches my face. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Mama stood frowning over me, a steaming mug in her hand. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z If only they could have taken her mind along to the dry-cleaner's and emptied the pockets and steamed and cleansed it and reblocked it and brought it back in the morning. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z No clue how long he sits staring at the darkened screen, but soon G’ma’s setting a steaming mug down in front of him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z He rolled to one side as all eight hydra heads spit acid, turning the floor where he’d been standing into a steaming crater of melted stone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In a few minutes a girl brought a stone pitcher, steaming, into the room. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He watched a bunch of kids in swimsuits and towels head into a building that had steam coming out of a row of chimneys. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But the dress itself is a steaming piece of matronly garbage, and I’m not showing up at prom looking like someone’s grandma. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Then he literally marched them all up to bed, installed Maddie in his fox’s den of a library on the way, and came back to her twenty minutes later carrying a steaming silver coffee pot. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z After the fire trucks had gone, the shell of the Richardson house now gaping and blackened and steaming gently, Mrs. Richardson pulled her bathrobe tightly around herself and took stock. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His cheeks brushed red by steam and water. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Scattered among them were armies of tin soldiers, steam engines, and sailing ships with carved sailors—and in the middle of this chaos sat a boy. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Nor was there anything new about working with models: Desaguliers was building model steam engines by the 1720s, and he was surely not the first. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Fire and water collided, superheated steam, and I shot upward from the heart of the volcano in a huge explosion, just one piece of flotsam thrown free by a million pounds of pressure. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The steam was so thick that the players were vague, ethereal forms in the mist. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood with the steam coming out of the tin cup in her hand, sniffing at it as if she was a little bit suspicious. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z For this buttoned-up age, for Burnham, it was a letter that could have steamed itself open. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The water hissed and boiled when it struck the burning wood, sending up a vapor of white steam. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z In an hour the woods were full of steam again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The cattle came upon me with like suddenness, staring out of their eyes, and steaming out of their nostrils, “Halloa, young thief!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Oxtail soup, she made him, steamed fish with scallions. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Father used firewood lavishly and we shared around the meat dumplings and cups of steaming tea. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The steam had thinned for a moment, and three people stood in sharp relief against the shifting mist. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She rubs the steam from the window and stares into the back yard. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He turned back to his soup bowl and shut his eyes, willing himself to feel as light as the steam rising into his face. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The night was getting colder; he could see the steam from his breath in the moonlight. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The fire flared for an instant and then dropped, smoke and steam rising and disappearing in the air above the river, and the boys quieted, scrambling off the rocks toward the beach. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z First, though the idea of using a cylinder and piston went back to Guericke, there was no recent experience of combining this with steam in England. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He filled his own cup of coffee, letting the steam warm his face. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z On the third day, I opened our living room window very quietly and watched them running up and down the alley in their knit hats with steam blowing out of their mouths. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I cover her nose with bei powder and dip one of my metal instruments into the pot of steaming water. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As I headed into the trees, the high-pitched whistle of a steam engine carried on the wind, harsh and plaintive as a screecher’s call. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z You could hear them scrambling around inside the metal pot, scrabbling up to escape the steam. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The steam floated between them and up to the stars. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We used to come in the back door, and the sawdust, stale beer, steam and boiling meat made me feel as if I’d been eating mothballs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Fine steam began to rise up from the sodden ground, and the tree trunks, and the smell of it came thickly into Kingshaw's nostrils. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Taisin raised the tea to her lips again, the steam wafting into her eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I cracked the door to let some of the shower steam out so the mirror would clear up, as I planned to examine every bump and hair on my face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z There were apple and mince and dried-berry pies, little spicecakes with maple sugar frosting, candied fruits and nuts, pitchers of sweet apple cider, and great mugs of steaming flip for the men. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Our records show that our department intended to admit some other Leah Burke who isn't a steaming hot mess. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z There was a cannonball stove with a steaming coffeepot on top. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then the flap on the front of the lodge was opened, a gust of steam poured out and up like a giant’s breath, and men started to crawl out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z There, under a tree in the snow, exhaling little puffs of steam, is a tall, lean, broad-shouldered figure that can only be Henry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “We’re going to relax, throw a few back, blow off some steam.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The water flowing beneath was silent, and it steamed, but the vapour that rose from it, curling and twisting about the bridge, was deadly cold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z At home Jenny hurried to make a pot of steaming coffee; when it was done, Matt carried a cup of it to Ellen. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z After weeks of waiting, agonizing and steaming, the Greeks and Romans wanted blood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Firelight came out, and a puff of steam. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There had been a hard freeze during the night, and their breath steamed in the air. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She crossed her arms and huddled into her cloak, refusing to answer, watching her breath steaming out into the cold winter air. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A curious steam rose from the wound, and the fabric around it curled back as if it were burning away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The spheres must have been hot, because they steamed in the cool evening air. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The four tall windows, frosted with vapor from the steam radiators, allowed a gray snowfall light to descend into the courtroom. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In a matter of minutes Teenie had two steaming bowls prepared for the two girls. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinner was already on the table, slightly steaming. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z While the pot simmered and the steam hung above it like a gray spirit, she took out a needle and thread and mended a hole in her old mitten. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Something there, the steam, the dirty water, the soap, something there had caused this to happen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z These are the vital ones, the ones who can either move on their own steam or have friends to wheel them around. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A gasp of steam erupted from an air vent beside the tipple, and I followed the cloud skyward, watched the water droplets disperse. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was steaming hot, and we enjoyed the string beans and white potatoes in the beef stew. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The water started to steam almost immediately, and she slid a dozen eggs into it carefully. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The San runs fast beneath my feet, white froth on top of its waves, and the air smells like hot truck exhaust and steaming rain. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The bath water was steaming on the cooking stove, but Momma was scrubbing the kitchen table for the umpteenth time. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The coal cars kept trundling past until a big black steam locomotive, puffing huge gouts of white smoke, finally appeared. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He could hear water running, and steam wafted out into the hall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he crouched next to me, and the scent of his coffee steamed up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It would cost a dollar to get it cleaned, steamed and pressed and she knew it would never be the same again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Another time he was more successful, tripping Alex up in the mess hall and sending him flying, along with his tray, cutlery, and steaming plate of stew. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The wine was steaming and bubbling, and it came to Tristran then—the information surfacing from some long-forgotten fairy tale or piece of children's lore—that a unicorn's horn was proof against... Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It entered and placed two steaming cups on the table. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Is the boy with the red hair—” Ralph loudly sucked the cheek out of a steamed fish head. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His blue overalls seemed to be steaming in the heat. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The next moment, one of the cooks came along with a gigantic saucepan of steaming green soup and poured the whole lot into the silver basin. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Later everyone washed their hands and sat on floor cushions in the big family circle as platters of steaming food traveled around. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He pushed a button, and a loud blast of steam exploded from Festus’s mouth, making everyone jump. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Percy was toting a steaming five-gallon plastic bucket that smelled horrible. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He loathed the clatter and smoke of steam launches; he wanted electric boats designed specifically for the park, with emphasis on graceful lines and silent operation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Her breath steamed out of her; she watched the ice crystals melting. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z On a black cast-iron stove there were half a dozen pots steaming and singing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they brought in a steaming cauldron of beans and handed out tortillas. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The king clapped his hands once more and the waiters reappeared carrying plates heaped high with steaming squares of all sizes and colors. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Although we tried to ration our smoke breaks amid the shower’s steam, we ran out of cigarettes before dark, necessitating a trip to Alaska’s room. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Street vendors push food carts piled with steamed dumplings, smoked beef teriyaki sticks, and roasted peanuts along the sidewalks and begin to set up for another day of business. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanton later recalled that when it came to running the meeting, she and her friends “felt as helpless and hopeless as if they had been suddenly asked to construct a steam engine.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Then they pull the steaming bowls up to their filthy lips. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z With their backs only a foot from a steam radiator, the out-of-town reporters were sweating. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z One chorus described the changing of seasons, from fall to winter, from winter to spring, and how water changes from water to steam to rain to snow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Through the rising steam, he could see the beady eyes of all the monkeys glittering through the branches like hundreds of diamonds as they watched as well. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Teddy’s back there,” he said breathlessly, pointing back over his shoulder into the billowing clouds of steam. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The night steams, the stars burn, the prisoner sways, the boys watch, the commandant tilts his head. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then he ran back downstairs, zipped past Grandma, who sat at the kitchen table with her feet in a bucket of steaming water—standing too long caused them to swell, she complained—and jetted outside. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He was walking beneath the shell of the Lord Commander’s Tower, past the spot where Ygritte had died in his arms, when Ghost appeared beside him, his warm breath steaming in the cold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A mug of steaming hot chocolate in my hands. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Some of the men immediately killed a seal that was resting on the rocks, and Greenstreet staggered toward it and thrust his frozen hands into the bloody, steaming carcass. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z We have no fear in running at good speed up the river at night; there is plenty of water, and the banks are wide enough apart to make steaming, even in the dark, easy enough. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It seems to be a wide ice-river running down from the plateau between two mountains, volcanoes, both capped with steam and smoke. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The windows are steamed, Led Zeppelin is in the stereo, and when I lift my head up to fling my hair away from my face, I open one eye and gasp. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Ser Waymar was panting from the effort now, his breath steaming in the moonlight: His blade was white with frost; the Other's danced with pale blue light. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It had a high brown smokestack that the blue smoke was pouring from and an extra little roof that seemed to be sitting on great billowing white clouds of steam. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “And that’s all it was, steam, mixed with a little bit of ash.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Mom tapped her fingers on the side of a steaming mug. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes she would start to make dinner, but would stop halfway, the water running full steam in the sink, her knife poised in the air over half-chopped vegetables, silent, tears flowing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn off the water and breathe in the steam. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I feel their questions hanging in the air like heavy steam. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z With a chug of steam and a metallic groan, the train began to move beside us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He brought the steaming cups in and went back for the sugar bowl. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She found Jaqen soaking in a tub, steam rising around him as a serving girl sluiced hot water over his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Hrdlicka’s excavation, made without their permission, so angered them that they were still steaming when Denny was there on a salmon boat fifty years later. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The refrigerated cakes come in flimsy cardboard boxes steaming with dry ice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I take him hunting so he can blow off some steam, but he’s not talking about it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He holds his cup in his hands and brings it to eye level, staring at it until a soft curl of steam rises from the surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The molten stone poured out in a stream of dazzling incandescence across the road; the asbestos rollers came and went; at the tail of an insulated watering cart the steam rose in white clouds. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He came at Hugo like a steam engine, seizing the boy by the arm. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I am so busy surfing the Charlies that I do not see, until I arrive, that a message is scrawled—in Charlie’s messy handwriting—in the steam. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Stroll around Bar Harbor, get ice cream at Ben & Bill’s, eat steamed lobster at Thurston’s, maybe try Nonna’s, the new Southern Italian place in Spruce Harbor that got a rave in Down East.. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Descendants of the Siberians settled the thick forests of the eastern United States, the swamps of the Mississippi Delta, the deserts of Mexico and steaming jungles of Central America. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It worked just like a stove-top espresso machine: the pressure of steam in a chamber from which there was only one exit drove the water in the container upwards and out. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But the worst job, and the one I was usually assigned because I was new, was overseeing the steam table. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For a museum, it didn’t look like much—a little house like an old-fashioned railroad station, some drills and pumps and old steam shovels on display outside. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Maybe we could steam it open,” Calder suggested. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z This, presumably, is the engine which powered the little steam carriage which ran around Papin’s parlour. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Man alive, I am all steamed up with no place to go. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the quiet the wind pushed against the window sashes; steam hissed and boiled through the radiators. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And pounding forward with a rush came the ugly Dilemma, snorting steam and looking intently for someone to catch on the ends of his long pointed horns, while his hoofs bit eagerly at the ground. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Then he’s going to rip out these stoves and put in steam heat.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I could only hope the stewardess in charge of feeding and toweling me off would be, well...five out of five steaming bowls of chowder on the Ryan Dean West In-Flight-Entertainment-Things-You-Don’t-Mind-Burning-Your-Tongue-On Heat Index. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When I looked back, the lake was steaming. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z When Marie-Laure holds her hand over Madame’s chest, heat seems to steam up out of her sternum as though she cooks from the inside. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He’s not twitching no more and the steam is starting to blow away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A pod’s activated ahead of us, releasing a gush of steam that parboils everyone in its path, leaving the victims intestine- pink and very dead. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The space heater wasn’t on, no steaming cups sat on the table, the old man was still under the covers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A faint ribbon of steam curled above the teapot and single cup of tea set before him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Dale poured himself a cup of steaming coffee, adding three spoonfuls of sugar. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Captain Smith doesn’t need me anymore, so I hurry toward the steaming pot of oatmeal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Later, as the storm clouds broke above them, they sat under the canopy of the tent while the remains of their fire steamed and fizzled. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Finally he spotted the Archimedes sphere—steaming and charred but still intact, making unhappy clicking noises in the center of the wreckage. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Listen to me very carefully, little boy,” he said, breathing out foul steam with every word. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z As she hit the rainbow, her whole body began to steam. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In the last of the daylight flooding through the windows, she became a wavering silhouette, smudged at the edges by the steam rising from the sink. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But instantly, Hazel spotted something on the horizon—a flash of light and steam. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The big press’s lid comes down on a hinge like a steam iron. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The water was surging at the foot of it, and when he shoved it open, he found the kitchen already flooded—the fire in the range hissing and steaming, the floor awash. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Somebody was complaining about the heat: “ . . . feel my arm, steamed soft clear to the bone.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The two floods combined in a steaming, boiling cataract and flowed on as one toward the black fog. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And it had never, ever occurred to me that they didn’t blow off their steam and go home that day! Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “You just haven’t given your brain any rest. It’s practically got steam coming off it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He was surprised, therefore, to find someone already in the steaming water, a young man who introduced himself as Alex. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On Libra, if people felt hostile, they would be urged to put their energies into athletic contests or other competitive events, or simply to let off steam by going flying. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell from it, rich and tempting, swirled up with the puffs of steam from the boiling rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Sara’s mom arrives, Mom calls me to the table and hands me a steaming cup of milky tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I have to let off some steam before homework, so I open up my self-insert fantasy novel that I’ve been working on since January. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In the sunlight, snow melts, crystals evaporate into a steam, into nothing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching the Warrens live was like watching a magic trick, as miraculous as transforming an empty soda can into a silver pitcher, or pulling a steaming pie from a silk top hat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It felt wrong to run, knowing that, but I couldn't stop the steam under my feet. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Unfortunately the poison ichor was flowing all around him now, making the ground steam and the air burn. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z So hot you can see the steam rising up from the ground. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Emmett and Byrd flutter in from the kitchen, each with steaming bowls of pasta in their hands. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The girls produced plates of sadza, white as gardenias, and pots of steaming relish. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The results of this were inconclusive, beyond the extraordinary discomfort it apparently occasioned the subject, who protested weakly as we placed her in the steam chamber the first several times; eventually falling silent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When she took them down slowly to adjust her eyes from dark to light, she saw Maycomb with no people in it, shimmering in the steaming afternoon. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Mom helps Ford into his booster seat, while I spoon the steaming meat and pasta onto the plates. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The rest of the villagers, gathered in the thin steaming sunlight on the muddy ground in the middle of the houses, couldn’t understand the words, but they saw the headman’s pleasure. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On the table beside him stood a bowl of steaming water, a leather strop for blades, and a cup of lather with a brush in it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "He wanted to create fragrances. We Arabs invented the perfume-making technology, you know. Distillation, steam extraction from flower petals. He kept a kit back at the deli." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Green beans, snapped always the right length, collards, cabbage, juicy red tomato preserves that came into their own on steaming buttered biscuits, and sausage, beets, berries and every fruit grown in Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As if his life was steaming out of him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Me and Kermit had dug through steaming piles of garbage from one side of Key West to the other, looking for milk cans. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z There were more steam explosions as the weeks passed. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed me by the arm, dragged me into the mess tent and served up a mug of steaming tea and a plate of biscuits. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Another bloody bath?” said their seijeant when he saw die pails of steaming water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Stonetown Harbor had always been a busy port: ships steaming in and weighing anchor at all hours, countless stevedores and sailors as busy as ants, and the docks piled high with cargo. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z My cocoa mug sat steaming on the counter, next to Stick’s empty one. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Her dad was sitting on the couch, cradling his mug of steaming coffee, a thick book opened before him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The rivers boiled and the mud bubbled and entire lakes turned into steam. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I close the door behind me to keep in the steam, look over my shoulder twice, and then pretend that Jenna is standing guard for me at the top of the stairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I got the paper sack in one hand, Mae Mobley’s hand in the other and we trudge across the steaming black lot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t that official. It just happened. Got up steam.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Chafing dishes melt medicinal pastilles, and steam vases release vapor into the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Their water was supplied by the condensation from steam engines from nearby factories and so was cleaner and warmer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The train pulled out of the station without us, our best hope for saving Miss Peregrine steaming away into the distance. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The pungent fragrance filled the dell, and all those who stooped over the steaming water felt refreshed and strengthened. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Servers would sometimes tuck a couple into the loose disposable serving gloves they wore and slide them around the edge of the steam table to friends on the other side. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z White-clad mess-hall workers mill around the steam tables, walk back and forth wiping off the tables with rags, tie up bags of garbage, and mop up spills. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he turned off the steam and removed the blankets three days later, the cedar sheets held their new shape perfectly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Candles float in three small pools: the first is full of rose petals, the second is thick with an infusion of aloe, and the last one simmers with salt, sulfur, and steam. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The steam engine did not make the Industrial Revolution inevitable, but it did make it possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He stops running at the steps of St. Catherine’s Oratory, where he sits down and takes out his steaming, battered prize, leaving a trail of gravy on his shirt. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Firemen doused the area with water, and amid the steaming smoke everyone began clawing the rubble away. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Their breathing formed a single cloud of steam that drifted up, floating away over the banks of the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A pitcher of steaming water sits beside the porcelain basin on my new vanity. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Pinmei took a deep breath, and when she exhaled, the air steamed from her mouth, curving like the tail of a dragon before disappearing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z His he heart was steaming in the cool evening air when arms were red to the elbow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The steam from it came and tickled my face. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I adjusted the flame under the steam generator and changed the nylon stockings August used to filter the honey in the settling tank. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They’ll act like their eyeballs will boil from the steam coming off me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “I think I need to add more liquid,” she says, pouring water from a teakettle into the pan, causing her glasses to steam. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Between the recognition that the Torricellian tube is a pressure gauge and the invention of the atmospheric steam engine there was no intervention of an extraneous factor. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was raining lightly, gray misty drops like steam. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Some are technologies, for instance the steam engine. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I told him my grandfather had a little steam, but he was the best grandpa a boy ever had. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Emile, the chef, was already laughing as he brought out steaming plates. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The weather was hot and the steam machine that pulled the chain logs through the blade had a big furnace that was always being stoked. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “But under his own steam?” said Hermione eagerly, “or because someone made him?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In front of the tall French window our square mahogany table was covered with steaming dishes and surrounded by my family, who were laughing and chattering when I rushed in. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And the little smiles on your faces made the water and steam look so inviting. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Heat made the steam rise from the wet pavement. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z From over here, I can practically see the steam coming off of her. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The Laundromat, with its windows completely steamed up, was as warm and damp as a Turkish bath. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a shallow steaming lake beneath the Library Tower, and hot water gushing from a crack in its side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Many of the Japanese would scoop up or pluck the aromatic leaves and boil them and inhale the steam, claiming that it was good for colds; others felt that camphor steam could be harmful. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z You watched, fascinated, as he poured steaming tea from one glass tumbler into another, until a layer of froth bubbled across the rim. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It was steaming hot, and I was sticky and irritable. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Use this, my dear,” she said, and handed her a wooden spoon and a steaming cup of tea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z That’s the way Chinese mothers show they love their children, not through hugs and kisses but with stern offerings of steamed dumplings, duck’s gizzards, and crab. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The appetizer arrives—a steaming Crock-Pot of bubbling cheese fondue with three types of breads and apples with tiny dipping forks. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “A steam eruption is like a volcano burp,” he said. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z She kept thinking about Phineas with steam coming out of his eyes, his hands crumbling to dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Uncle Neville sat at the kitchen table, his long legs stretched out in front of him, a cup of steaming coffee in his hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Someone—the door—why doesn't the door-voice tell us—” Under the door-sill, a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric steam. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z It sat there until the steam stopped rising, until the normally scrumptious smell of it disappeared. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And then General Hajienestis gives his only military order of the past few weeks: “Up anchors. Reverse engines. Full steam ahead.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I will personally, by myself . . .” It was so close now that I thought I could hear the sweat on Byton’s finger getting turned into steam and going Pssss! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma usually has cups of steaming tea and biscuits waiting. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I said hello to the two inmate servers behind the steam table, as usual; one nodded in response. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With handkerchiefs and scarves heated steaming hot, little by little the ice was thawed from their bodies. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy poured in more water and kept the steam rising for fifteen minutes. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z His coat and shawl steamed over the back of a chair by the stove. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As if on cue, a steam engine chugged through the hills just west of us. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z One of the little lids in the tin bun opened and deposited a few steaming hot dogs on the street. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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